Officers charged in New Orleans Danziger bridge case
Six New Orleans cops have been charged in connection with the infamous Danziger bridge case.
Brown resigns, Cameron new British PM
Gordon Brown resigns as British PM; Cameron expects "full and proper" Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition
Al Jazeera English launches in Canada
I woke up this morning to alerts on my cell phone, my calendar and my fridge, all saying the same thing: "Al Jazeera! Al Jazeera! Al Jazeera!"
Utah killer chooses to die by firing squad
"I would like the firing squad, please," said Gardner, 49, to Utah state court Judge Robin Reese.
TED Talk: What adults can learn from kids
It's actually a really wonderful talk and Svitak is an amazing speaker, I'd venture much better than most her age.
Health care reform is step forward for ailing nation
If you followed the non-stop health care coverage leading up to last night's vote, you may be surprised to learn that Obama isn't sitting atop the White House with a sniper rifle picking off old people one by one.
What’s my religion? I’m not going to tell you
Am I Muslim? Hindu? Christian? Jewish? It doesn't matter. So, I'm not going to tell you.
Facebook against breastfeeding but OK with breasts
She was messaged by Facebook and told to take down a photo of her breastfeeding her two children. They said if she failed to remove the photo, she'd be banned from the site. But there are a number of other photos, more sexualized of course, that Facebook apparently has no problem with.
Chilean government tries to stop looting
Thousand of troops are being deployed to different parts of Chile, a country recently ravaged by a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake, to try to prevent looting and criminal acts, Al Jazeera reports.
Western doctor recounts time in Gaza during Israeli offensive
Dr. Hameed replied immediately. “We have no human rights.â€
Sorry about last night’s ceremony, that wasn’t Canada
But world, don't take that image of Canada home with you. It isn't what life is like here. We don't all live in the Arctic circle among the Orcas and the ice floes.
George W. Bush billboard asks, ‘Miss Me Yet?’
A billboard just outside Wyoming, Minn. has sparked a national conversation regarding our current president's relative effectiveness as compared to former President George W. Bush.
Turkish girl likely victim of ‘honor killing’
A 16-year-old Turkish girl found dead in a hole last December was probably buried alive, judging by the amounts of soil in her lungs and stomach, authorities claim, the BBC reports.
Shirley: “I haven’t donated a cent to the Haitian relief effort. And I probably will not”
"It is not outside the realm of imagination to think that the citizens of a country might be able to: A) avoid putting themselves into a situation that might result in such catastrophic loss of life. And B) provide for their own aid, in the event of such a catastrophe."
Your World in Focus Special: An Interview With a Volunteer in Haiti
Collapsed buildings, homes and hospitals. Orphaned children, parents who've lost their children and elders who have no caretakers. Foreign sights, sounds and smells. This is Haiti. A disaster zone.
Your World in Focus 11: Organized relief can save lives in Haiti
Haiti. Just mentioning the country's name makes people stop and listen, and hope what they hear is, for a change, good news. But there isn't much in Haiti. People are dying preventable deaths, children are dying from broken bones. There is a lack of food, water and shelter for the Haitians.
