Gates Pledges More Help in Caribbean Drug Fight
US Secretary of Defense announces $45 million in security-related assistance to Caribbean region this year www1.voanews.com |
Analyst Sees Internet and Mosques Radicalizing Young Somalis
Said Samatar, professor of African history at Rutgers University fears recent arrests in New York would be bad for Somalis in particular www1.voanews.com |
Hurricane Earl Heads Toward U.S.
Spectacular images of Hurricane Earl seen from space give little sense of its destructive power. feeds.nytimes.com |
Amazon Awakening
Deep in the Ecuador jungle, a local tribe works to protect its traditions, and a visitor finds answers through visions and revelations. feeds.nytimes.com |
Modest Climate Change Steps Are Goal of Meeting in Mexico
The 12-day meeting will seek to revive negotiations stalled after last year’s Copenhagen summit fell short of a binding United Nations treaty to slow global warming. nytimes.com |