World could be headed towards another food crisis With drought parching farms in the United States and near the Black Sea, weak monsoon rains in India and insidious hunger in Africa's Sahel region, the world could be headed towards another food... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Middle East Online Food Monsoon Photos US Wikipedia: Food crisis |
Libya capital wakes up to twin car bombs on Eid al-Fitr TRIPOLI - Twin car bomb blasts killed two people at dawn on Sunday in the Libyan capital, security officials said, blaming loyalists of now slain dictator Moamer Gathafi for the attacks. Tripoli's... (photo: AP / Timm Schamberger/dapd) Middle East Online Defence Libya Photos Terrorism Wikipedia: Aftermath of the Libyan civil war |
How £11bn pledged for water sanitation aid never arrived World aid donors pledged to spend £34bn of water and sanitation aid between 2002 and 2010 but only released £23bn of it, according to a new report by WaterAid and Development Initiatives, Addressing... (photo: UN / Marco Dormino) The Independent Aid Development Health Photos Wikipedia: Water supply and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Ousted SAfrica Leader Blames Gov't for Mine Deaths JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Expelled politician Julius Malema blames senior members of the governing African National Congress for police killing 34 striking miners this week, and says South African... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell) The New York Times Mining Photos Politics Safrica |
Syria welcomes Algerian Brahimi as Annan successor BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government on Saturday welcomed the naming of a former Algerian diplomat as the U.N.'s new point-man in efforts to halt the country's escalating civil war. Activists reported... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Houston Chronicle Algeria Diplomacy Photos Syria Wikipedia: Lakhdar Brahimi |