In response to an international campaign by human rights organizations, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan agreed to join more than 90 other nations last week in signing a treaty to ban cluster munitions.

A high powered executive coming from a family of means loses his job and his way before rediscovering himself through a job at Starbucks. Now a book and soon to be a movie with Tom Hanks enjoy this interesting story.

What started with a correspondents photograh turned into worldwide feedback of sympathy, and fueled a writer’s desire to reunite the family.

American scientists have discovered a fungus deep in the Patagonian rainforest that makes biodiesel as part of its natural lifecycle

ebay implements a global ban on ivory commerce. ebay had reportedly been linked to over 70 percent of online ivory auctions.

Justice Richard J. Goldstone, former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, wins the MacArthur Award for International Justice. The Award provides Goldstone with $100,000 for his own work and invites him to suggest an additional $500,000 in support for non-profit organizations working on international justice issues.

The restriction, which goes into effect today, affects 70 percent of vehicles, including government, private and corporate cars. Cars will be restricted one day per week based on their license plate number.

Fifteen critically-endangered black rhinos have been released at an undisclosed location in Kenya. The release is the first time in 25 years that captive rhinos have been returned to the wild.

Continuing its efforts to provide critically needed medical relief for earthquake survivors, AmeriCares has opened a second field hospital in the Sichuan Province. The second field hospital is located in Wenchuan County, which was the epicenter of the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 69,000 people and left approximately 5 million homeless. The new hospital [...]

Australia’s prime minister Kevin Rudd has pledged to raise funds for an ambitious plan to get 50,000 Aborigines into employment. The project is the brainchild of Australia’s richest man Andrew Forrest and aims to generate 50,000 full-time permanent jobs for the Aboriginal community.