WORLD NEWS

Cuba's urban farming program a stunning success

HAVANA - For Miladis Bouza, the global food crisis arrived two decades ago. Now, her efforts to climb out of it could serve as a model for people around the world struggling to feed their families. More »

Human rights group calls for intervention in Zimbabwe

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Less than three weeks before a presidential runoff, a leading human rights organization said Monday that the African Union must push longtime Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe to end political violence. More »

Haitians march in capital, demand end to kidnappings

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Thousands of protesters, bearing photographs of victims and with fists thrust in the air, marched through the capital to demand Haitian officials crack down on a kidnapping scourge that has terrorized the Caribbean country. More »