By Gabriel:The climate change effects are now real. The rains are unpredictable. With a big percentage of the Africa population including Kenya depending on rain fed agriculture, then social and economic future of this region is blink. Big Gorilly Hugs

Ban Ki-Moon, the UN secretary general, pleaded for the EU to take the lead in the run up to a key climate change summit in Copenhagen by pledging to give money to poorer nations to help them fight global warming.

Stocks plunged Friday, erasing all of the previous day's big gains, as a drop in consumer spending fanned worries that the economic recovery won't be sustainable.

President Barack Obama and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke built a bridge they anticipate will lead to a lasting U.S. economic recovery. It may end up being a bridge to nowhere they want to be.

Poor Clinton the crow has been rescued from his own nest after getting his leg caught in a piece of string and being left hanging upside down. The luckless bird was eventually lifted to safety after an hour-long operation inv­olving seven firefighters

Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday.

Honduras' de facto government has accepted a U.S.-driven deal that opens the door for the return to power of President Manuel Zelaya, toppled in a military coup four months ago.

Hundreds of thousands of people die every year as a result of armed violence and consequences of irresponsible arms transfers. The diplomats meeting at the UN tomorrow owe it to them, their families and communities, to take the next big step, a treaty.

Great news. The government of Nepal has announced a significant increase in critical habitat for endangered tigers in the Terai Arc region. The announcement of a 900km2 expansion of tiger habitat in Nepal's Bardia National Park was made at the

SAN DIEGO - The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were still hoping Friday to find survivors of a collision between a Coast Guard plane carrying seven people and a Marine Corps helicopter carrying two off the Southern California coast