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"World's Worst": Niger Hits Back After UN Label

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.08.2009 | World


The poverty-stricken nation of Niger is hitting back after a UN report branded it the world's worst place to live....

Norway Best Place To Live: UN Report

Huffington Post | Posted 10.05.2009 | World


An annual report by the United Nations has found that Norway has the highest standard of living for its citizens. The BBC reported that the UN looke...

Floods Hit 350,000 In West Africa: UN

AFP | Posted 10.20.2009 | World


Some 350,000 people in West Africa have been affected by serious flooding, the United Nations said Friday, noting that "significant" rainfall has lash...

Fox News "Can't Get a Straight Answer" from White House

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Andy Ostroy

The hypocritical Republican crybabies at Fox are outraged over a heated exchange last Thursday between Obama's press secretary Robert Gibbs and their White House correspondent, Major Garrett.

Niger Police Arrest Hundreds In Islamic Camp Raid

Times of Nigeria | Posted 09.17.2009 | World


Police in the northern state of Niger have raided an Islamic community and detained hundreds of its members, weeks after a crackdown into a group kill...

Despite Obama in Ghana, a Bad Month for African Democracy

Todd Moss | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


Todd Moss

In Mauritania the vote was so obviously suspicious that the electoral chief resigned and the opposition rejected the results.

Mamadou Tandja, Nigerian President, Claims Massive Victory

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.07.2009 | World


Niger's president has overwhelmingly won a referendum that will allow him to stay in power beyond the end of his second term in office, results show....

Climate Change Threatens
World's Great Rivers, Study Says

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.23.2009 | Home

Read More: China, Niger, Home News

Some of the mightiest rivers on the planet, including the Ganges, the Niger, and the Yellow river in China, are drying up because of climate change, a...

Climate Change Drying Up Big Rivers, Study Finds

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Niger, India, China, Home News

The flow of water in some of the world's largest rivers has declined over a half century, according to a new, comprehensive study whose authors tied t...

Switzerland- voted #1 Green Country in the World

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green


Stefanie Michaels

Hello fellow "Greenies"- I'm Stefanie Michaels. I am also known as Adventure Girl from Adventure Girl.com. I am excited to be a part of Huffington Pos...

After Brain Surgery, He's Still The Same Old Robert Novak

Sandy Goodman | Posted 10.09.2008 | Media


Sandy Goodman

His latest column shows that while Novak can be exceedingly gracious to people who helped him through his ordeal, he can still be spiteful and deceptive when it comes to those he doesn't like.