Gold Tempts Nicaragua Children to Risk Lives
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LA INDIA, Nicaragua  - In a dim and dangerous  tunnel lit only by the flicker of candles, Juan Laguna and four  other children toil with rusty pick-axes to loosen chunks of  rock they hope will yield at least a little bit of gold.
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A leading drugs charity is claiming more and more children are seeking help for cocaine addiction.
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Rescuers searched Thursday for survivors of powerful Hurricane Felix, which a Nicaraguan official said has claimed 48 lives, a death toll sure to climb higher.
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One million child survivors of Asia's devastating tsunami face major risks in the coming weeks from malnutrition, disease and human traffickers, the United Nations children's fund UNICEF warned.
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Gold rallied to a 7-week high on Monday and close to a record high of $850 on speculative buying driven by a weak U.S. dollar and tensions in Pakistan following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
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Gold medals are rare enough commodities but they become even more precious when won as unexpectedly as those by Britain&#39;s 4x100 metres relay team on Saturday.
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Displaced Sudanese women and children ride their donkeys at a camp in Darfur. Picture:Reuters. Children are being targeted in the latest abuses in Darfur, writes Pamela Bone in Addis Ababa.
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The United Nations said on Tuesday it  was concerned children orphaned or separated from their parents  by Asia's tsunami may be falling prey to criminal gangs bent on  selling them into slavery.
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A massive gold producer makes money off of oil, copper, and a global distrust of the dollar.
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More than one billion children around the world face a brutal existence because of poverty, war and Aids, the UN children&#39;s agency reports.
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Nicaraguan authorities have achieved remarkable success in combating gang violence. And instead of heavy-handed policing, they're relying on guerrilla street cred and mothers' love
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More than half the world's children face a brutal existence because of poverty, war and Aids, says Unicef.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Doctors and women's groups are warning that Nicaragua's ban on all abortions -- even to save the mother -- will endanger the lives of thousands of women every year.
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Gold miners on  Russia&#39;s Kamchatka peninsula contend with volcanic eruptions,  floods and poor infrastructure, but high metal prices mean the  hard work pays off.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Nicaraguan police seized 6,000 tubes of a Chinese-made toothpaste suspected of containing a chemical that killed at least 51 people in nearby Panama last year, the health minister said Sunday.
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More than half the world&#39;s children are suffering extreme effects of poverty, war and HIV/Aids, denying them a healthy and safe childhood, according to a report published today.
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JOHANNESBURG  -- Once again, gold bugs, a breed that would likely survive a nuclear attack, are pointing to meltdowns in the world economy.