This Iraqi journalist takes off both his shoes and whips them right at Bush during a press conference in Iraq. Before he hurled them, he yelled "this is a farewell kiss, you dog. This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."
At least 40 humanitarian and human rights workers have been killed in Somalia since the beginning of the year, according to Amnesty International.
I've been looking at human rights issues that plague South America recently, here are two rather prominent ones.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe announced today that his country' government has stopped the outbreak of cholera. Yea right.
For those who don't know, it is suspected that the terrorists involved in the Mumbai attacks used Google Earth to help plan their mission last month, which led to the deaths of nearly 180 and the injuries of more than 300.
As cholera and crisis spreads across Zimbabwe, the World Health Organization has pledged to aid the ailing nation after meeting with Zimbabwean officials Monday, Voice of America reports.
As I walked into the office of the program director of an environmental awareness organization in Toronto, I was surprised that there was no recycling bin. I was even more surprised to see several recyclable materials, like papers and water bottles, in the garbage can underneath his desk.
More than 100 Zimbabwean doctors and nurses protested for better pay and working conditions Wednesday in Harare, only to have their demonstration cut short by police brandishing batons, according to the International Herald Tribune.
The Chinese Ministry of Health confirmed the deaths of three more infants in the tainted milk scandal Monday, raising the total of infant mortalities to six, according to the International Herald Tribune.
As India struggles to answer questions regarding last week’s tragedy, Home Minister Shivraj Patil, India’s highest-ranking security official, resigned Sunday, taking responsibility for the failure of the country’s intelligence services to stop the attacks, according to the International Herald Tribune.
As attacks on India's financial and entertainment capital persist, military personnel are fighting to secure the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel, according to the International Herald Tribune.
While India has frequently blamed terrorist attacks on Islamic militants and extremists in Pakistan, this attack comes at a time during which Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has been advocating closer relations with India; he even suggested a joint terrorism combat force.
Congolese government soldiers went on a looting and shooting spree in refugee camp in the village of Kibati, stealing food and supplies from ailing families and civilians, the Associated Press reports.
Countless teenagers all over the globe do their part to aid Earth’s ailing environment. They take shorter showers, walk instead of drive and sometimes even sit in total darkness for a full hour. But what compels them to do such things?
Hillary Clinton has accepted President-elect Obama's offer to become secretary of state, finally uniting the two most popular democrats after a hard-fought primary season, the New York Times reports.
Before you read this, you should read my article about the scientists who want to resurrect the mammoth. It's pretty unbelievable.
In the depths of the Egyptian desert, evidence of yet another pyramid has surfaced. Said to be 4,300-years-old, it is believed to have belonged to an ancient Egyptian queen, according to Toronto Star.
Archaeologists have dug up what they believe to be the 12,000-year-old skeleton of a "witch doctor," according to the Associated Press.
Advisers to both Sen. Hillary Clinton and President-elect Barack Obama say that the two are, in reality, not as far apart on foreign policy as it seemed during the primaries earlier this year, according to the International Herald Tribune.
The Togolese government, in partnership with the network of the Central Supply of Essential and Generic Medicines (CAMEG), recently announced that it will start distributing antiretroviral drugs to HIV/AIDS patients at no cost, according to the International Herald Tribune.
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