Last week, many of the aboriginal people in the remote west coast village of Ahousaht were innoculated with the tamiflu vaccine. Today, over a hundred of them are sick, and the sickness is spreading.

The U.S. prosecutor's investigation into alleged criminal CIA interrogation techniques must go right to the top political level, the chief UN rights official said on Thursday.

Chen Shui-bian, the former Taiwan president, was sentenced to life in prison for corruption on Friday, completing the fall from grace of the one-time champion of democratisation and human rights.

Climate change will be a serious barrier to growth in poorer nations and must be curbed, says the World Bank. The bank's World Development Report (WDR) urges a rapid scaling-up of spending on clean energy research and protection for poorer co

KHARTOUM, Sudan -- A Sudanese judge convicted a woman journalist on Monday for violating the public indecency law by wearing trousers outdoors and fined her $200, but did not impose a feared flogging penalty

(BAGHDAD) -- The Iraqi television reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in one of the more bizarre episodes of the Iraq war might use his new iconic status in Iraq to promote humanitarian causes, his family said.

'I took some flesh home and called it my son.' The Guardian interviews 11 villagers This is a real way to make friends!

NEW YORK (CNN) -- President Obama spoke at the Pentagon on Friday to those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001, telling them no words would heal their pain yet calling for a renewed resolve against the ones who attacked the country eight years ago.

Alan Turing was a genius,his code cracking abilities and computer wizardry helped to defeat fascism.Alan Turing was a hero,but he took his own life.Alan Turing was gay in an era, when that was a crime.All who hate fascism owe a debt to Alan Turing.

JELAZON, West Bank, Sep 3 (IPS) - Fourteen-year-old Muhammad Nayif's mother broke down as she spoke to IPS. Nayif died after being shot three times in the chest by Israeli soldiers Monday night Palestinian medical personnel who tried to reach the critica