Villagers plan to use the project - developed by the Israeli embassy in partnership with local and international nongovernmental organizations - to drastically increase their local production.
Two soldiers whose remains were part of a prisoner swap with Hezbollah were eulogized Thursday amid ongoing unease over the exchange and questions about balancing family interests with those of the state.
Barack Obama met with President Hamid Karzai on Sunday, the second day of his trip to a country that is increasingly the focus of his clash with John McCain.
AP - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has chided for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country.
AP - Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first tropical storm to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, continued to move along the North Carolina coast early Sunday, and was expected to dump several inches in some areas of the drought-stricken state.
AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday a "spiritual desert" was spreading throughout the world and he challenged young people to shed the greed and cynicism of their time to create a new age of hope for humankind.
Sen. Barack Obama met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai today as part of a tour aimed at boosting his foreign policy credentials. In the past, Obama has criticized Karzai for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country. Before the meeting, Obama had breakfast with troops at a U.S. base in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The body of a woman found tied up inside an apartment with her uterus cut open has been tentatively identified, the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Medical Examiner's office told CNN late Saturday. The apartment belonged to another woman who arrived at a hospital with a newborn infant earlier in the week.
A misunderstanding between local police and coalition forces led to an airstrike in southwestern Afghanistan Sunday that left nine police officers dead, a defense ministry official said.