African refugees find strength in numbers | The leafy trees around the apartment complex are only used for shade and social gatherings. There are no terrified civilians cowering behind them, dodging gunfire. Teenage girls can walk down the st... (photo: Creative Commons)Lexington Herald-Leader
Campaign to help women quit smoking An anti-smoking campaign is focusing on female smokers. | According to the Ministry of Health's statistics, 11.9 per cent of women in the age group 15-18 and 7.1 per cent of adult women smoke cigarett... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)Bahrain Tribune
Assault on innocence | THE girl in Sierra Leone's Freetown spends all her time caring for her baby, a child born of violent rape. The adolescent in southern Afghanistan has finally begun to learn to read, but she is terri... (photo: US Navy photo)The Australian GirlGlobalPhotosSexViolenceWar
Merkel takes tough stance on Zimbabwe sanctions | BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a tough stance against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, condemning his re-election last week as illegitimate and vowing... (photo: Guido Bergmann/Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung)Newsday GermanGovernmentMerkelPhotosZimbabwe
Big Oil's 'secret' out of Iraq's closet By Pepe Escobar | NEW YORK - It is not about the "war on terror". It is not about weapons of mass destruction. It is not about "freedom and democracy to the Iraqi people"... (photo: US Navy file / PM1 Michael Larson)Asia Times AfghanistanIraqOilPhotosUSWar
Gas prices steady; oil near $146 a barrel | By midday in Europe, light, sweet crude for August delivery rose $2.28 to a record $145.85 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. | ASSOCIA... (photo: Creative Commons / Thisisbossi)Philadelphia Daily News EconomyEuropeMoneyOilPhotos
