February 10, 2012: A lot of the unrest around the world is found on island nations. Let us just consider six of them (the Maldives, Madagascar, Comoros, Fiji, New Guinea and Haiti).

Former France international fullback Manuel Amoros has been handed a two-year deal to take charge of Benin, officials said on Tuesday.

It’s official -- delegates attending the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference ( WRC-12 ) have approved a new 7-kilohertz-wide secondary allocation between 472-479 kHz for the Amateur Radio Service. Agenda Item 1.23 had both its first and second readings in Plenary Session on Tuesday, February 14; to become part of the ITU’s Radio Regulations, each Agenda Item must be read twice in Plenary ...

Five children around the world die every minute because of chronic malnutrition, according to a report released Wednesday that also said that almost half a billion children risk are at risk of permanent damage over the next 15 years.

This stuffed coelacanth, described by Smith in 1939, achieved worldwide fame. Source . It was supposed to be extinct. Yet here it lay, with fins round and fleshy, scales as hard as bone and a tail unlike any living fish. “Lass, this discovery will be on the lips of every scientist in the world”, James Smith said to Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer , curator of the East London Museum. Smith had good ...

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In total, 263 vetoes have been exercised since 1946, the year after the UN charter was officially ratified.

"Crackdown" named word of the year by Reporters Without Borders; U.S. media freedom rankings dropped due to Occupy arrests

Journalists deal with rising repression, violence trying to cover anti-government protests, with Eritrea ranked worst for press freedom

This time of year, entertainment awards dominate the news cycle. From last month’s Golden Globes, Screen Actors and Directors Guild Awards to Sunday evening’s telecast of the 54th Grammy Awards, it’s all celebrities all the time. Then there’s Oscar’s big night on February 26th.