More than 800,000 people have lost their livelihoods in a four-year dry spell exacerbated by climate change and rising food prices. Almost half of them live in urban makeshift camps.
The president presented the military's highest honor Thursday to a soldier who was killed trying to save a comrade in Afghanistan. The Pentagon is looking at why only six Medals of Honor have been awarded after eight years of war.
Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal warned in a confidential assessment that he needed additional troops by next year or the conflict “will likely result in failure.”
AP - Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said in a confidential report that without additional forces, the war against insurgents there will end in failure, The Washington Post reported Monday.
AP - A Colorado man arrested as part of a terrorism investigation who admitted to receiving training from al-Qaida will be in court to hear the charges against him.
AP - Police officers foiled a plan to assassinate a regional education minister in northwestern Pakistan when they engaged four militants in a gunbattle Monday that ended with a teenage suicide bomber blowing himself up, police said.
Florida authorities were searching for a 33-year-old man after his wife and five children were found dead in their Naples, Florida, home. "I can tell you that in no uncertain terms this is the most horrific and violent event this community has ever experienced," Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk said. Authorities have been unable to locate Mesac Damas, who possibly left the country last week and may be in Haiti.
"Mad Men" won best drama series at the Emmy Awards on Sunday night, and "30 Rock" won best comedy series. Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") and Glenn Close ("Damages") took top acting honors for drama, and Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock") and Toni Collette ("United States of Tara") for comedy. Other top Emmy winners included "The Amazing Race" and "The Daily Show."