Beginning with the first publication of a newspaper in the Colonies in 1690, and continuing to this day with journalists appearing in broadcast format and on the Internet, journalism has been a huge part of America's development.

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.

A sign stolen from the Auschwitz death camp in Poland has been recovered by police.

A California Army National Guard group was attacked Saturday by a "complex double ambush" from Taliban fighters along a treacherous mountain road in eastern Afghanistan while the unit was returning from helping farmers in isolated villages,reports Army.

A father has been jailed for life, with a minimum tariff of 22 years, for murdering his 15-year-old daughter in a so-called honour killing. Tulay Goren disappeared in 1999 after having a relationship with a man her family disapproved of.

A rainforest tribe fighting to save their territory from loggers owns the carbon-trading rights to their land, according to a legal opinion released today by Baker & McKenzie, one of the world's largest law firms.

Leaders arriving to sign a Copenhagen climate agreement and finding that they now need to salvage it need to take a global rather than national approach to the numerous outstanding issues, WWF said today.

As the PM prepared to sip champagne over dinner with Robert Mugabe and more than 100 other world leaders, he told reporters that 'the conditions for an agreement are now there'.

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will be in Copenhagen between the 17 - 18 December to engage with heads of state from around the world on a climate agreement following the UN Climate Change Summit (COP15). It is the stated policy of China's

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