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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - In the days after the earth shook and the government collapsed, the municipal nursing home here became one of the most desperate sights in Haiti, as old people huddled in cramped tents, without clean sheets or enough water. But little by little, order was restored. A...
When Egypt's uprising began nearly two weeks ago, there was a near-total internet blackout. But exactly how was access cut off? An American advocacy group called Free Press says it has uncovered a link to a California-based technology company that allegedly sold the Egyptian...
With the protests against Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, showing no sign of abating, many observers are looking to the United Nations to step in. But at the UN Security Council, the issue is not even up for discussion. So what to make of the fact that the world body does not seem...
A visit to Switzerland by the former US president George W Bush planned for this week has been cancelled due to security concerns after left-wing groups called for mass protests and rights activists proposed legal action against him for allegedly ordering the torture of...
Enjoy your shucking while it lasts. Wild oysters are now "functionally extinct" in many places around the world where they were once plentiful. More than 85 per cent of their reefs have been lost due to overfishing, according to a new study. The decline of the mollusc is so severe that...
Pimps will traffic thousands of under-age prostitutes to Texas for today's Super Bowl, hoping to do business with men arriving for the big game with money to burn, child rights advocates said. The country's largest sporting event, the game between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers...
For the Obama national security team, Egypt has been a baptism of fire: its first full-blown crisis in the region where the US has more at stake than anywhere on earth - a revolution unfolding on the streets of a vital ally. For senior officials here, the drama in Cairo has meant late nights (and...
