| Michelle Obama Launches Solo Agenda on Mexico Tour MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Michelle Obama is on her first official, solo foreign trip as first lady, launching what aides call an international agenda invoking her considerable star power to engage the world's youth. feeds.nytimes.com |
Jamaica Death Toll at 73 as Manhunt Continues Jamaican authorities faced questions about the sudden rise in the civilian death toll as the search continued for Christopher Coke, who faces charges in the United States. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing | THE AMERICAS: Mexico: 6 Police Officers Held in Fatal Abduction of Mayor Five local police officers and a transit officer were arrested in connection with the kidnapping and killing of Mayor Edelmiro Cavazos of Santiago. feeds.nytimes.com |
29 Countries' Hunger Levels "Alarming" - Report WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty-nine countries show alarming levels of hunger and more than a billion people were hungry in 2009, according to a new report on global hunger. feeds.nytimes.com |
Advancing Women's Rights | Afghanistan: Studio Kabul Cultural change for Afghan women may come from an unlikely source: Afghanistan’s first TV soap opera. feeds.nytimes.com |