Will India's poor remain hungry? Al Jazeera | - As India's proposed new Food Security Act hovers in political limbo, the nation remains hungry. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made headlines in early January when he labelled the fact that 44 per cent of children less than five years old were underweight and 65 children die each day of malnutrit...
The two faces of Muslim life in the US Al Jazeera | The long procession snaked around an open, hash-marked field, while an amateurish band blared and tweeted into a darkening sky. Moments before, I had sat shivering forlornly in the stands, having been importuned by friends, somewhat against my will, to attend a high-school football game on a cold ...
Kenya's two ICC-indicted officials quit posts Al Jazeera | Kenya's finance minister who was indicted this week to stand trial at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, has resigned, the government has said. | | Uhuru Kenyatta faced mounting calls for his resigna...
Fracked-off: Gas extraction 'causes quakes' Al Jazeera | A new technique to extract lucrative hard-to-reach natural gas is causing earthquakes across Middle America, literally. | Hydraulic fracking - pounding streams of high pressure water and chemicals into rock formations to loosen gas deposits - has b...
Conservative fantasies on the miracles of market Al Jazeera | - A central doctrine of evangelicals for the "free market" is its capacity for innovation: New ideas, new technologies, new gadgets - all flow not from governments, but from individuals and businesses, allowed to flourish in the market, we are told...
Egypt: The continued need for popular protest Al Jazeera | January 25 of this year, like that of the previous one, came as a surprise to many in Egypt. The overwhelming crowds that marched from all corners of Cairo and converged on Tahrir Square are estimated to be larger than any of those seen over the pa...
Russia to keep blocking UN sanctions on Syria Breitbart | Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, left, and Russian Foreign Minister... | MOSCOW (AP) - Russia is standing firm on blocking any U.N. sanctions against Syria, its longtime ally and a significant arms customer, saying that any resolution by t...
Amnesty urges Senegal to respect constitution Al Jazeera | Human Rights group Amnesty International has urged Senegal to respect freedom of expression and assembly in the run-up to presidential elections scheduled for February. | The group's call on Wednesday comes after the country's authorities forb...
Interactive: Full Egypt election results Al Jazeera | Egypt has finished up the the first election since longtime President Hosni Mubarak was ousted - and arguably the first free and fair vote since Egypt's experiment with parliamentary democracy in the 1920s. | The Muslim Brotherhood, through its Fre...
State of the Union speech CBC | Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery | Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: | Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than...
EU ministers press Greece for budget cuts Al Jazeera | Eurozone finance ministers have pressed Greece to prepare new budget cuts and conclude negotiations with bank creditors on a massive debt writedown within days to avoid a damaging default. | The ministers called on Greece and its EU-IMF auditors "to agree the key parameters of an ambitious adjustment programme as soon as possible," Jean-Claude Ju...
