St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister says the development of bioenergy and other alternative forms are of critical importance to the twin-island federation.

What does being an activist cost in the USA or UK? In Zimbabwe it can cost everything. The body of Tonderai Ndira was found this week, the 43rd Zimbabwean opposition activist to die in violence since elections in March.

SYDNEY, Australia AP -- Australian police have arrested 70 people and removed four children from their homes as part of a six-month nationwide investigation of a global child pornography network, police said Thursday.

The morning of 21st May saw the first massive raid from police against the animal welfare movement through out the whole of Austria. A total of twenty-four homes and offices of animal welfare activists and organisations were raided by police at 6.15 a.m.

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the execution of a person by the state as punishment for a crime. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital origins from Latin

A month after Zimbabwe had its presidential election the results were finally released. Zimbabwe's dictator for the past 38 years, Robert Mugabe, lost the election, but he has refused to relinquish power and insists that there must be a run-off.

Turkish police fired pepper spray and water cannons to prevent crowds gathered to celebrate May Day in Istanbul from marching to Taksim Square where they planned to hold a mass gathering. A total of 530 demonstrators were detained by police, with 38 repor

Today I would like to make a personal appeal to all Chinese spiritual brothers and sisters, both inside as well as outside the People's Republic of China, and especially to the followers of the Buddha.

We've plunged into a world food crisis-- soaring crop prices sowing inflation and squeezing households round the world, 100 million more facing starvation and food riots flaring from Egypt to Bangladesh

Story Highlights Father says he held daughter prisoner for nearly 24 years, fathered 7 children NEW: Police say Josef Fritzl forced her to write letter saying she had run away The daughter, now 42, has been missing since 1984, when she was 18