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When Robin Webb lived in New York City, he was treated by HIV specialists and had access to counseling and nutritional programs. Now he lives in Mississippi, where few of those services exist.
An official from the island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned says rabbits killed to control an infestation will be fed to the poor.
The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the AIDS virus was a death sentence in Africa.
Industrial manufacturer Raven Industries Inc. said this past week that it will buy almost all the assets of Ranchview Inc., a privately held Canadian startup.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., drawing fire from energy industry group after saying he would seek bipartisan consensus on energy and global warming, said Friday reducing pollution and energy independence go together.
A new self-serving book by a central African president lists Nelson Mandela as the writer of the glowing foreword, but South Africa's iconic leader says he never wrote those words or even read the tome, and his foundation vowed to take action.
An Army investigation found that soldiers should not have been sent to man traffic stops in a small Alabama town after 11 people were killed in March during a shooting spree.
Thousands of activists have taken to the streets across Yemen's south calling for independence, even as much of the central government's army is tied up fighting a Shiite rebellion in the far north.
More than 2 million babies and mothers die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnumbering child deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, according to a study.
Scientists fear climate change will mean 25 million more hungry children over the next four decades, with subsistence farmers in Africa and Asia particularly hard hit by global warming, according to a report issued Wednesday.
Seven South American nations on Saturday signed an agreement to create a Bank of the South with startup capital of $20 billion.
Famed amputee runner Oscar Pistorius has been charged with assault after a 19-year-old woman said she was injured at a party he hosted, but the athlete on Monday denied the allegations.
One by one the names roll off Cordera Eason's tongue until he gets to seven — the number of running backs on the Mississippi roster legitimately fighting for playing time.
Police say an officer guarding former President Nelson Mandela's home shot and killed himself outside the anti-apartheid leader's Johannesburg house Saturday.
The state Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the death sentence of a 29-year-old man who pleaded guilty in the March 2000 torture and murder of an acquaintance.
A suicide bomber killed six people and himself, and wounded at least 10 others Sunday in the capital of violence-plagued Chechnya, officials said.
Nelson Mandela has distanced himself from a London exhibition of disputed lithographs bearing his signature, his lawyer said Friday.
Construction workers have agreed to end a weeklong strike that threatened to derail the completion of already tightly-scheduled projects for the World Cup, union officials and employers said Wednesday.
Hawks circle above the lines of traffic at the hot, arid border crossing into Mexico. Sage brush catches clothes tossed by fence climbers. Three curious, dusty horses watch the federal agents tapping on car windows, opening trunks, looking in vain for contraband.
A white fraternity that traces its roots to the Civil War and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is again facing complaints over its antebellum-themed events.
A tornado injured three people and damaged nearly two dozen homes Monday in southern Louisiana, a day after severe thunderstorms across the Southeast killed one person.
Authorities say severe storms that rumbled across the Southeast killed one person, knocked out power to thousands and caused property damage in at least three states.
While Thai authorities are preoccupied with riots in the capital, a five-year-old Muslim uprising in the south of the country is intensifying, and Thailand's troubled government and army are at odds about how to deal with it.
Nelson Mandela's humble former home reopened to the public Thursday after a painstaking restoration to celebrate the life and preserve the legacy of South Africa's first black president.
The Army said Wednesday it opened an inquiry into whether federal laws were broken when nearly two dozen soldiers were sent to a south Alabama town after 11 people died in a shooting spree last week.
Thanksgiving, an American mealWhen Thanksgiving spread around the country in the mid-19th century, it was in the hope that holiday good feelings would heal the rift between North and South. So, the Thanksgiving menu had a certain amount of can't-we-all-get-together culinary nationalism to it.
Water still divides the stateYears ago, pundits and pols began redrawing the California political map with an east-west divide, erasing the historic north-south split. Now they can partition it north-south again, at least in mapping the reignited water war.
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Woman passes 950th driving testA South Korean woman is celebrating after passing the written exam for a driving licence - on her 950th attempt.
Slaughter Of Dogs In South Korea THIS IS UNTOLERABLE WE MUST ALL SIGN THIS PETITION 'The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.' Mahatma Gandi
Boca Raton pizza cook allegedly threatens to shoot waitress over mozzarella caprese order -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.comTo many times people think that they are being funny and "macho" when they pull stunts like this. No matter how irritating or annoying some customers/employees can be...a gun is no place for a restaurant counter nor are these types of threats.
Newlywed won't tolerate 'overt racism' by Louisiana official - CNN.comA woman was denied a marriage license by a Louisiana justice of the peace because he refused to marry interracial couples.
Chile: Family Finds Ancient Mapuche Burial Site Beneath Their House This story from Chile reminds us that we have a problem in the US with the care and preservation of ancient artifacts.
South America: Will defense spending trigger an arms race? | csmonitor.comVenezuela's Chavez recently bought tanks and missiles from Russia. Several South American countries - including Brazil, Colombia and Chile - are increasing their defense spending in a region that faces no external threats.
Poor, White and Pissed - Joe BageantYet most of the poor people in the United States are white (51%,) outnumbering blacks two to one and all other minority poverty groups combined. America is permeated with cultural myths about white skin's association with power, education and opportunity.
Around the world, musicians are trying to find ways to make money and have sustainable lives in the new digital age. This struggle is even harder in countries where illegal copying of music is the norm and where poverty is a barrier to being heard.
Cape Town's Afrocoffee cafe and design emporium is a great case study of how a small cafe, through the use of clever, high-quality design and products, can go global and make some noise.
In a Research 2000 poll conducted a little over a month ago, only 42% of Republicans believed that Barack Obama was born in the United States.
Summer Rituals - Going South - A World Away, Close to Family Every year, thousands of African-American children like Amya, from New York, Chicago and other urban outposts, spend a week, a month, even a full season below the Mason-Dixon Line, where so many families trace their roots.
Lincoln's Prophecy for the GOPWith the Republican Party becoming less diverse and narrowly focused, is it possible for the Democrats to even find common ground anymore? Does Lincoln's prophecy for the GOP still hold on how common ground will be obtained?
A Tale of Two Nations: the Civil War may have been won by the North, but in truth the South never emotionally conceded.The Civil War may have been won by the North, but in truth the South never emotionally conceded.
Muddy revellers hit by itchy bug MUD-FIGHTING festival-goers have been struck with a nasty skin disease after getting down and dirty in a massive mud bath. Hundreds of people were hospitalised having caught the bug at the Boryeong Mud Festival in South Korea.
Boeing buys S.Carolina factory for $580 million | Top Stories | Seattle News, Local News, Breaking News, Weather | KING5.comAcquisition will help Boeing to catch up on production of its 787 Dreamliner which is more than two years behind schedule.
Mark Sanford Censured By South Carolina GOP, Which Stops Short Of Calling For His ResignationFellow Republicans have censured South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford after he left the state last month on a secret trip to Argentina to meet his mistress.
Two New Bombings in Southern PhilippinesUpdate: More than two hours after the blast, another bomb went off in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte province around 10:40 a.m.
Report: South Carolina Serial Killer Suspect Is Dead - ABC NewsBurgler killed by police in North Carolina is believed to be the South Carolina serial killer.
Speculation grows for Boeing 787 plant in South CarolinaReports that Boeing is negotiating to buy a key link in the 787 Dreamliner's global supply chain have intensified speculation it may be laying the groundwork for putting a second final-assembly plant out of state.
The strange nakedness of Mark SanfordHe was an emotional wreck at his press conference, but also something philandering politicians rarely are: Human
Sanford May Have to Take a Hike, After AllAnyone with a heartbeat felt for the South Carolina governor during his awkward, drawn-out press conference. But his lying to the public and going AWOL might add up to a quick exit from office.
US Supreme Court leaves electoral law in placeThe US Supreme Court on Monday avoided ruling on the constitutionality of decades-old electoral legislation intended to protect against racial discrimination.
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