Jul 25 East Africa Famine: How to Help Updated on August 15, 2011. More than 11 million people are in need of aid in drought-stricken East Africa, and more than 800,000 children could die from starvation, the U.N. says. View a slide show of the harrowing conditions Somalis… Continue reading
Jul 25 Mongolian Herders See Changes as Temperatures Rise By Lauren Knapp The East Asian nation of Mongolia is home to about 3 million people, half of whom make their living off of livestock. Since 1960, Mongolia's average temperature has increased by 3.85 degrees Fahrenheit -- a change faster than the… Continue reading
Jul 25 Escaping the Epicenter of Eastern Africa’s Famine By Talea Miller More than 11 million people are in need of aid due to the worst drought to hit Eastern Africa in 60 years. Kenya and Ethiopia are struggling to absorb refugees from hardest-hit Somalia who are desperate for any food and… Continue reading
Jul 25 World Week Ahead: Norway’s Extremists and Syria’s Political Options By Larisa Epatko The bombing in Oslo and shooting rampage at a youth camp in Utoya, Norway, by a right-wing, anti-immigration zealot have focused the spotlight once again on the threat of extremism in Europe. Continue reading
Jul 25 Accused Norway Gunman in Court as Country Mourns After Killing Spree By News Desk Norwegians observe a minute's silence in Bergen on Monday for the victims of Friday's attacks that left 93 dead. Photo by Marit Hommedal/AFP/Getty Images. Updated 11:30 a.m. ET Police in Norway have lowered the number of people killed in Friday's… Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch NYT’s Shadid: Syrian City of Hama Between ‘Subjugation and Liberation’ Uprisings continue to ripple through Syria, despite government crackdowns. Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Were Norway Attacks Somehow Politically Motivated? Norway Faces Day of Horror With Bombing, Shooting… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Somalia Faces Famine as al-Qaida Threat Halts International Aid The United Nations warned Friday that the famine threatening Somalia could cause some 800,000 children to die from starvation. International agencies want to send more food but al-Qaida-linked militants vowed to block aid. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Extremists, Corruption Pose Big Problems Getting Aid to Famine-Stricken Somalis In Somalia's Food Crisis, Children Face Greatest Peril… Continue watching
Jul 22 7 Dead in Oslo Explosion; 80 Killed in Shooting at Camp Medics attend to an injured person at the scene of an explosion near government buildings on July 22, 2011 in Oslo, Norway. Photo Andreas Fadum/All Over Press Norway/Getty Images. 10:25 p.m. ET | Early Saturday local time, police in… Continue reading