Middle East, Africa
Last week we covered Rome with Christine Spolar, Moscow with Alex J. Rodriguez and London with Tom Hundley, now posted in Chicago. This week we're on to the Middle East...
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Obama’s luck token charms Indians
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, already running ahead of his Republican rival John McCain in international popularity, has won a host of new fans in India since a photo published...
Pakistan arrests hundreds
Pakistani police arrested hundreds of lawyers, human-rights activists and opposition politicians Sunday in an apparent bid to ward off protests over President Pervez Musharraf's weekend declaration of a national state...
Musharraf declares state of emergency
Facing a decision by Supreme Court judges that could have declared his continued leadership of Pakistan unconstitutional, President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency Saturday, suspending the nation's constitution...
India grows, but many kids are underdeveloped
Subelal Choudhury's two daughters show classic signs of malnutrition: Their close-cropped black hair is tinged orange, and their stick-thin arms and legs, protruding from dirty orange-and-yellow sailor suits, are covered...
Emissions fix may lie beneath us
Beneath the rolling green hills of Australia's Latrobe Valley lies a deposit of brown coal so enormous it seems almost endless. After nearly a century of mining, more than 95...
Juiced for Indian mangoes
It's mango season in India, and the vendor pushcarts are overflowing with colorful mounds of this nation's juicy and wildly diverse "king of fruit." There's the Alphonso, a small, yellow...
Warming to the challenge of climate change
Rajendra Pachauri grew up in the foothills of the Himalayas, spending quiet winters contemplating the snowy mountains that loomed near his home. The beauty, he says, changed him. "It never...
Councils offer slums justice, hope
Not so long ago, justice was rare in Dharavi, Mumbai's largest slum. Women beaten by their husbands received little attention at the busy local police station. Families cheated or harassed...
A coup that could turn the tide on AIDS
Over the last decade, South Africa's government has been less than assertive in combating its AIDS epidemic. But the sometimes-comic, often-tragic soap opera that has been the country's response to...