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23 dead in Tanzania floodingupdated: Thu Dec 22 2011 22:44:00

Heavy rains and flooding have killed at least 23 people in Tanzania and displaced more than 4,000 others, state-run media reported.

High cost of cashmere on Mongolia plainsupdated: Mon Sep 13 2010 06:07:00

Forty-year-old Bayanmunkh has learnt the hard way about overgrazing. Riding slowly behind his herd of close to 2,000 animals across Mongolia's arid plains, the herder reminisces about how the land has changed.

Freeze forces Mongolian herders off landupdated: Mon Sep 06 2010 04:28:00

For 38-year-old Bayanzul it was just one winter too far. After losing a third of his herd in the -45 degree temperatures that struck Mongolia last winter, the long-time herder has decided to give up on the nomadic life and try his luck in the city.

Opinion: Yasuní and the New Economics of Climate Changeupdated: Mon Aug 23 2010 07:05:00

Yasuní is both a place and a metaphor.

Stealth research in the Amazonupdated: Mon Aug 23 2010 07:05:00

Earth's Frontiers travels deep into the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve in the equatorial western Amazon to research endangered species.

Three Iraqi government employees killed in bus crash in Jordanupdated: Sat Jul 31 2010 15:56:00

Three women who worked for the Iraqi government were killed a bus accident in Jordan on Thursday, an official with Iraq's Ministry of Science and Technology announced Saturday.

Incredible tale of survivalupdated: Fri Dec 25 2009 02:43:00

A Swedish tourist tells CNN's Dan Rivers his incredible tale of survival as a tsunami struck Thailand five years ago.

Tsunami-battered countries restart, rebuild amid challengesupdated: Fri Dec 25 2009 02:43:00

Visitors shuttle in and out of a state-of-the-art hospital in an Indonesian town once devastated by towering tsunami waves five years ago, while in nearby Thailand backpackers dance to music in bars and tourists lodge in a hotel that had been demolished in the Boxing Day disaster.

Helping tsunami kidsupdated: Wed Dec 23 2009 21:24:00

Impact Your World highlights efforts to help survivors of the tsunami. Dan Rivers reports.

Asian tsunami warning system: A last-mile challengeupdated: Wed Dec 23 2009 21:24:00

Yudi Rinaldi had his four-year-old son, Ryan, join him in a scene that simulated the real destruction he had narrowly escaped in Aceh, Indonesia.

Nigerian rebel cease-fireupdated: Wed Jul 15 2009 17:10:00

Nigerian rebels call for a cease-fire after the government releases one of its leaders. CNN's Christian Purefoy reports.

Nigerian rebels threaten to end cease-fireupdated: Wed Jul 15 2009 17:10:00

Nigerian militants threatened to end their cease-fire not long after it began Wednesday because they claimed the government was threatening one of their camps.

Nigerian militants claim oil pipeline sabotageupdated: Wed Jul 08 2009 08:41:00

A Nigerian militant group claimed Wednesday it sabotaged oil pipelines in the country's oil-rich southern Niger Delta, but the country's military denies the assertion.

Nigerian militants claim pipeline blast, tanker crew's seizureupdated: Mon Jul 06 2009 14:39:00

Nigerian militants said Monday they had blown up an oil pipeline and captured six crew members of a chemical tanker.

Nigeria oil company rejects damning Amnesty reportupdated: Wed Jul 01 2009 13:22:00

Nigeria's state oil company rejected criticism from a leading human rights group Wednesday, calling an Amnesty International report "inaccurate."

Report expresses concern for clearing Iraqi landminesupdated: Wed Jul 01 2009 13:02:00

Two U.N. agencies said Wednesday they are concerned that Iraq will not be able to meet its obligations under the global treaty to ban landmines.

Al Qaeda blamed for Somali bombing waveupdated: Wed Oct 29 2008 13:07:00

A string of suicide bombings targeting government buildings and a United Nations compound in Somalia left at least 25 people dead Wednesday in attacks a U.S. official said bore hallmarks of the al Qaeda terror network.

Gunmen slay another aid agent in Somaliaupdated: Tue Jul 15 2008 10:43:00

Gunmen in Somalia have shot dead an agent for a World Food Program transport company, the U.N. agency said Tuesday.

'Al Qaeda statement' claims embassy attackupdated: Thu Jun 05 2008 03:12:00

A Web posting purportedly from al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for Monday's blast outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan, which killed at least six people.

Islamabad blastupdated: Tue Jun 03 2008 17:04:00

A bomb at the Danish Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, killed three people and injured seven.

Al Qaeda linked to Danish embassy attackupdated: Tue Jun 03 2008 17:04:00

Al Qaeda or one of its affiliates was probably behind an explosion outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan, Denmark's intelligence service said Tuesday.

All about: Rural communitiesupdated: Mon Mar 31 2008 03:34:00

It is said that nowhere else on earth will the impacts of climate change be felt more acutely than in the developing world.

Leaders condemn bombs against peaceupdated: Tue Dec 11 2007 14:46:00

International leaders Tuesday rushed to condemn deadly twin bombings in the Algerian capital, which appeared to target government and United Nations buildings. Here is some of the reaction.

Time.com: Attack in Algiers: A Warning to Europe updated: Tue Dec 11 2007 11:00:00

Since forming an alliance with Osama bin Laden, Algeria's Islamist rebels have grown more sophisticated -- and lethal

Time.com: UN: Climate Aid to Poor Costlyupdated: Tue Nov 27 2007 14:00:00

Helping the world's poor adapt to more floods, droughts and other changes from a warming planet will cost the richest nations at least $86 billion a year by 2015, a panel warned

Newey's blog: Taking some time outupdated: Thu Nov 01 2007 06:06:00

Newey is the head of Thailand's Youth Venture program, located in Bangkok.

In Gambia, AIDS cure or false hope?updated: Thu Mar 15 2007 13:13:00

At the only hospital in the capital of this tiny West African nation, a 3-year-old AIDS patient named Suleiman receives his daily dose of medication -- a murky brown concoction of seven herbs and spices served out of a bottle that once contained pancake syrup.

Business 2.0: The World has a Lot of Problems ...updated: Wed Mar 07 2007 15:06:00

GREENHOUSE GASES The average American's use of transportation and electricity releases 10 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. The goods and services she consumes are responsible f...

Mideast crisis aid groupsupdated: Wed Jul 19 2006 09:38:00

The following are links to aid group Web sites who are assisting civilians in the Mideast crisis (some sites may respond slowly due to increased traffic):

Report paints grim picture of Iraqi lifeupdated: Thu May 12 2005 10:21:00

In the wake of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the country still struggles with high unemployment, inconsistent utility services and widespread poverty, a joint survey from the Iraqi government and United Nations indicates.

Afghanistan situation 'perilous'updated: Mon Feb 21 2005 21:32:00

A new report warns more must be done to help Afghanistan emerge from poverty or it risks slipping back into chaos.

Indonesians head to the pollsupdated: Sun Apr 04 2004 20:10:00

Voting has begun in Indonesia in an election seen as a crucial test of President Megawati Sukarnoputri's bid to continue leading the world's largest Muslim nation for the next five years.

Deadly bird flu toll risesupdated: Thu Feb 05 2004 07:15:00

United Nations health experts have issued stern warnings about bird flu as the human death toll in Asia rises to 18.

Fortune: DEATH TO FOREIGN AID OPINIONupdated: Mon Sep 29 1997 00:01:00

Washington has shipped $1 trillion of foreign aid (in current dollars) to needy nations around the world since World War II. Next year, Congress proposes to spend another $16 billion. No one seems ...

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