Bolivia taps into vast reserve of lithium, a potential power source for electronics and politics.


A sheet of sparkling white...Bolivia's Uyuni salt lake stretches to the horizon.

Believed to have formed when a prehistoric lake ...   more »

Indian environment minister Jairam Ramesh says that the primary responsibility for reducing global warming lies with the developed countries.


SHIMLA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA (OCTOBER 30, 2009) ANI - Indian environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday ...   more »

Former French president Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial on embezzlement charges dating back to his time as mayor of Paris - an unprecedented move against a former French head of state.


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Members of the UK Youth Parliament make history by taking over the House of Commons chamber to debate issues of concern to young people.

LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 30, 2009) PARLIAMENT TV - The ...   more »

Africa's trade ministers hold talks in the Egyptian Capital in an attempt to open markets in developed countries ahead of a November WTO ministerial meeting

CAIRO, EGYPT (OCTOBER 28, 2009) REUTERS - Trade ministers from ...   more »

LONDON, October 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A strategic alliance with the African Press Organisation (APO) announced today greatly enhances PR Newswire's reach to media and other key influencers in Africa.
The alliance, which adds thousands of ...   more »

Afghanistan's Maidan Wardak provincial governor says there is no evidence to support protesters' claims that US forces destroyed a copy of the Koran.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (OCTOBER 27, 2009) REUTERS - The governor of Afghanistan's Maidan ...   more »

Bosnian Muslim families of those killed in 1995 Srebrenica massacre get little satisfaction in Karadzic's trial, which Bosnian Serbs regard as a trial of all the Serbs.

tSREBRENICA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (OCTOBER 27, 2009) REUTERS ...   more »