In Philippines, clandestine abortions on the rise
To hundreds of Filipino women every year, Quiapo Church provides a solution - some say another kind of miracle - to a specific predicament: unwanted pregnancy. Every day, pregnant women go to this
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Seattle leads U.S. cities joining Kyoto Protocol
Unsettled by a series of dry winters in this normally wet city, Mayor Greg Nickels has begun a nationwide effort to do something the Bush administration will not: carry out the Kyoto Protocol on
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Way is clear for Lamy to take helm of WTO
The World Trade Organization said Friday that it was nominating the former European Union trade commissioner, Pascal Lamy, as its next director general, putting him in the driver's seat to revive
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Rare find in the market
They live in the forests and limestone outcrops of Laos. With long whiskers, stubby legs and a long, furry tail, they are rodents but unlike any seen before by wildlife scientists. They are
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GM-Toyota effort to build fuel cells in U.S.
General Motors and Toyota Motor plan to set up a venture in the United States to build fuel-cell systems and engines to run vehicles without using gasoline, three executives from the two companies
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An African cleansing rite that now can kill
In Malawi and in a number of nearby nations including Zambia and Kenya, a husband's funeral has long concluded with a final ritual: Sex between the widow and one of her husband's relatives, to break
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Salmon run mysteriously failing in Northwest
Tens of thousands of adult salmon that were expected to swim up the Columbia River this spring are missing, and their mysterious absence has led state and tribal officials to shut down the commercial
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Polio spreads in Yemen, with 40 new cases found
More than 40 new cases of polio have been confirmed in Yemen, the World Health Organization said, more new cases than in any other nation. "It's a much bigger outbreak than we originally thought, and
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Investors see growing risks from climate
Trillions of dollars in investment clout gathered under the United Nations roof to talk about climate change - and money. "It's all about our money," said Denise Nappier. Nappier, the Connecticut
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Free farm trade begins with honest arithmetic
Farmers in poor nations should rejoice as trade ministers in rich countries get ready to apply a lesson they must have learned as nine-year-olds: working out percentages. The European Union, the