Food Prices: Hunger Strikes
As the sun sets over Nairobi's sprawling Kibera slum, a sweet smell wafts through a small house where Malahasen Juma is cooking dinner for her eight children: a handful of onions, chopped and tossed into a pot of steaming maize porridge and leftover vegetables. Until recently Juma would spice up suppers with beef or fish stews. But not now. "Everything is more expensive," she says. "The children need milk, but I cannot afford that. Meat is a luxury now, not a necessity. We are just living at God's mercy."
Nations:India Somalia Uganda Myanmar China Niger People:Ban Ki-moon Robert Zoellick George W. Bush Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(Time)
2008-06-11
Bus attack kills 25 in Sri Lanka
A bomb and shooting attack blamed on Tamil separatists ripped through a packed civilian bus Wednesday, killing 25 people in southeastern Sri Lanka as the government officially withdrew from a tattered cease-fire with the rebels.
Nations:Sri Lanka
2008-01-16
On Christmas, pope urges end to wars
Pope Benedict XVI issued a Christmas Day appeal Tuesday to political leaders around the globe to find the "wisdom and courage" to end bloody conflicts in Darfur, Iraq, Afghanistan and Congo.
Nations:Somalia Vatican Sri Lanka Lebanon Ethiopia Activities:Israel-Palestine Conflict Darfur Genocide Crisis
2007-12-26
IOC strips Marion Jones of 5 medals
The IOC formally stripped Marion Jones of her five Olympic medals Wednesday, wiping her name from the record books following her admission that she was a drug cheat.
Nations:Jamaica Nigeria Sri Lanka France People:Marion Jones
2007-12-12
China plans virtual world for commerce
Your favorite pants are fraying? You may soon be able to order replacements directly from the factory where they were made, according to the chief scientist of an ambitious Chinese Internet project.
Nations:China Sweden Sri Lanka Germany Vietnam
2007-10-15
Quake triggers tsunami in Indonesia
A massive earthquake struck Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami in the town of Padang and warnings for much of the Indian Ocean region, authorities said. The quake caused tall buildings to sway in at least four countries.
Nations:Indonesia Singapore India Sri Lanka Australia Malaysia Activities:2007 Indonesia Quake
2007-09-12
US says wargames not aimed at China, Iran
A top US navy commander involved in Indian Ocean wargames said Friday the exercises were not aimed at sending a message to either China or Iran.
Nations:Singapore Japan Australia Sri Lanka Indonesia Activities:China-U.S. Military Relations Iran Nuclear Crisis
2007-09-07
The price of a pizza in Iraq: an eye and a leg
Constantine Rodriguez had just fetched chili peppers and was going out to get some onions when he heard the siren for an incoming rocket. All he remembers was a door blasting open and a loud explosion.
Nations:Iraq Kuwait India Philippines Bangladesh Sri Lanka Activities:Second Gulf War
2007-08-29
Pope: 'Nothing positive' from Iraq
In an Easter litany of the world's suffering, Pope Benedict XVI lamented that "nothing positive" is happening in Iraq and decried the unrest in Afghanistan and bloodshed in Africa and Asia.
Nations:Italy Afghanistan Netherlands Somalia Russia East Timor Activities:Darfur Genocide Crisis
2007-04-08
Ambassadors hurt in east Sri Lanka by rebel shells
The Italian and U.S. ambassadors to Sri Lanka were slightly hurt on Tuesday when Tamil Tiger rebels shelled a delegation of diplomats led by the island's human rights minister to the restive east, officials said.
Nations:Italy Sri Lanka Germany France U.S. China Activities:2001 Robert Blake Case
2007-02-27
Asian nations remember tsunami victims
Thousands of people fled beaches on Indonesia's resort island of Bali in a tsunami drill Tuesday, kicking off remembrances across Asia two years after devastating waves crashed into coastlines and killed 230,000 people.
Nations:Indonesia Sri Lanka Thailand India Malaysia People:Kofi Annan Activities:2004 Asia Tsunamis
2006-12-25
Christmas celebrated with call for peace
From soldiers who donned red Santa hats in Afghanistan to devoted worshippers visiting Bethlehem, Christians around the world celebrated Christmas Day with the sobering thoughts of peace and tolerance even as open war flared in Somalia.
Nations:Afghanistan Israel China Somalia Vatican Sri Lanka Activities:Israel-Palestine Conflict
2006-12-25
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