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

On patrol… UN peacekeepers in Abyei

The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force in Pensacola arrested a man wanted from Dallas County, AL on charges of Kidnapping in the 1st Degree. James Frank Carter was arrested at a house on the 1400 Block of Dexter Avenue in Pensacola around 10:30 this morning. Carter, 51, is charged with one count of kidnapping on the warrant that dates back to April of 2007. The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Fugitive Task Force in Mobile first requested assistance from the Pensacola Task Force in August of this summer but leads went stale. However both Task Forces kept their investigations open and then a few weeks ago Carter popped back up on the radar in Pensacola. Since then the Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force has been conducting hours of surveillance until this morning when it finally paid off.

At least seven small towns and villages near Afmadow have been abandoned , in the past three weeks due to drought and food shortages

Opium poppy cultivation surged in South-East Asia by 22 per cent in 2010, apparently due to the global economic crisis, with potential production value rising dramatically to $219 million, a $100 million increase over 2009.

The heavy snowfall that recently immobilised cities in Europe is an indication that the world may be ill prepared to cope with unpredictable climate patterns, a senior United Nations said today, calling for greater efforts to improve readiness to respond to extreme weather events.

Dalai Lama ringing the Bell of Peace

The top U.S. military officer cited growing security challenges created by North Korean aggression and called on China to join other regional nations to help counter it.
"The regime in the north continues to isolate itself and to act in a manner detrimental to ... security," Navy Adm.