We know there are plenty of people who like to take care of their own home improvement needs. And for some projects, it makes sense to do it yourself, provided you know what you're doing.

The peace process in the war-wracked Darfur region of Sudan has reached a "critical point," Secretary Genaral Ban Ki-moon said today, calling both the government and rebel groups to accelerate to reach a compromise.

Former reporter for Nagasaki Broadcasting Co., recorded the account of 1,350 hibakusha, including of 17 who could speak English. Listen to the stories about horrors of atomic bombings on the website "Voices of the Survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki"

Kampala - The Government has explained that the anti-homosexuality Bill was introduced by a private member, David Bahati, and not the government.

Join the vigil outside the Israeli Embassy Remember Gaza: end the siege Sunday 27 December 2009, 3pm High Street Kensington, W8, London (Nearest tube: High St Kensington)

HOW FINANCIAL CRIMES TOLERATED IN OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST

A campaign to encourage Indonesians to use condoms as part of National HIV/AIDS prevention efforts has drawn criticism from conservative Islamic groups, who say it promotes promiscuity.

A Brazilian man publicly confessed to pushing dozens of needles into his 2-year-old stepson, saying Sunday he intended to kill the boy out of spite for his wife and didn't think he would be discovered.

India--children young as six years old work 12 hours a day, seven days a week for $2.14 a week. Outside, exposed to the elements they work in the sweltering heat breathing dust and chemicals--all to make cheap latex balloons for American kids' parties.

Fresh details continue to emerge of how millions meant for Free Primary Education were misused. The catalogue of sins that ministry officials are accused of includes funding private school, submitting imflated expenses and making unauthorised grants and