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United States’ backing for indigenous rights treaty hailed at UN

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Colombian indigenous children in jungle settlements in Panama

Looking back, Ban calls 2010 ‘a big year for the United Nations’

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs journalists at end-of-year press conference

Iran says US helped in terror bombing

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CDC Reports 1 in 6 Get Sick from Foodborne Illnesses Each Year

About 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year from foodborne diseases, according new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The figures are t...