World Events

Obama's Cabinet: Start With Al Gore

If there is a single appointment Barack Obama could make to signal how dramatically things will change in Washington, it would be to name Albert Gore Jr. -- former House member, former senator, former vice president, former...

Mullica Hill man honored for helping environment

Mullica Hill resident Ivan Stiefel recently won America's top prize for young environmental leaders. He launched a spring break program for students to support coal-impacted communities in Appalachia.

Experts urge Joe to bow out at the top

Nov 11 2008 by Darren Devine, Western Mail As the undefeated world champion delays confirming his retirement, Darren Devine asks: When is the right time to call it a day? Names such as Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Peter Shilton,...

Olmert: Israel must cede parts of Jerusalem for peace

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday used a memorial ceremony for former Premier Yitzhak Rabin to reiterate that Israel must be willing to give up parts of Jerusalem in return for peace. "If we are determined to...

Walesa excluded from Polish national gala

Lech Walesa is a national icon in Poland - a hero of the anti-communist movement, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and a former president. But he wasn't invited to Poland's independence gala, and Poland's current president is...

Why Social Business Is Capitalism's Missing Link

In 2007, I had the opportunity to work with Muhammad Yunus on his book Creating a World Without Poverty (Public Affairs). Yunus, of course, is the Bangladeshi economist who founded Grameen Bank, helped launch the microcredit...

Departure of EU Peacekeepers Concerns Bosnia's Muslims

EU defense ministers are to review the fate of Europe's peacekeeping mission in Bosnia. Muslims are opposed to the departure of the peacekeepers, even though analysts deny there is any risk of renewed conflict.

Obama Win Will Change the World, Tutu Says

Posted to the web 10 November 2008 Detroit Anti-Apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu is sure the world would enter a new era if the wildly popular Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama became president of the United Sates...

South Africa: New Mandela Exhibition Celebrates Life of Living Legend

Posted to the web 10 November 2008 Michael Appel Johannesburg Large suspended images bearing testimony to the life of former President Nelson Mandela from childhood to recent times hang in the halls of the Apartheid Museum for...

No rest for the Web's election-weary

SAN FRANCISCO--There wasn't much time for Current Media, the cable news network co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore, to recover from last week's election and its marathon live broadcast, infused with content from Digg,...