Dozens of young men turn up every day at the dusty gym in a remote Nigerian town, hoping to become contenders just like local boy Samuel Peter, a world champion heavyweight
The power of conservative clerics can slow, but not stop, an alternative music scene from mushrooming in Iran
La Dolce Vita has long been a kind of forward trench for Serb resistance to the ethnic Albanians across the river. But Mitrovica may finally be moving on
Never mind the crass portrayal of Kazakhstan, at least "Borat" put it on the map. And as important, he gave "his" people important insights on America
Mozambicans are killed, maimed and kept from their fields by millions of land mines. For efficient mine-clearing, trained rodents are hard to beat
When an earthquake strikes in rural Iceland, it creates a sense of community
Sinaloa is the cradle of the Mexican drug trade, and traffickers are revered as heroes by many in the local population
Henry Okah's 'army' is a small, ragtag band operating in the Niger Delta, but you feel its impact every time you visit the gas station
At the Islamic Games 2008, the girls of Al-Madinah school accept the limits of their religion as they compete on the boards
The signal to the world that Hitler had been defeated was a photograph of a Soviet soldier raising his army's flag over the Reichstag. The posthumous return of the photographer allows Berliners to reflect
Inducting the Canadian chanteuse into the Legion of Honor has many questioning the purpose of France's highest civilian medal
The fruits of Roman Abramovich's billion-dollar investment in Chelsea Football Club failed to give Russia a "proxy" victory on home soil
The Year in Health 2009
How Guatemala's Most Beautiful Lake Turned Ugly