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Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Dutch feminist and a member of the Lower House of the Netherlands has had Islamist threats against her life. She's been living in her apartment under police protection. But her neighbors want her out because Ridiculous, of course. But in fact, she has been ordered evicted...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Global warming is shrinking glaciers on the Tibet side of Mount Everest faster than ever, putting world water supplies at risk, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. Chinese scientists researching the world's tallest peak, which China refers to by its Tibetan name...

DUBAI (AFP) - Representatives from 40 countries, including presidents Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria and South Africa's Thabo Mbeki, have adopted a charter calling on the world to unite to fight desertification. Participants at Dubai's Festival of Cultures and Civilizations of World Deserts...

Global warming has had little noticeable impact in Washington, D.C. Politicians in the nation's capital have been reluctant to set limits on the carbon dioxide pollution that is expected to warm the planet by 4 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit during the next century, citing uncertainty about the...