What does the color green represent in the Rastafari faith? Test your knowledge of the Druze and other minority faiths with this interactive quiz.

Hear about the imbalance of high-tech maternal health care in the United States vs. the developing world.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

The main lesson to be drawn from the 2008 RSF report is that, “It is not economic prosperity but peace that guarantees press freedom."

What is "sustainable development?" The UN's 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development recognizes the right of every individual to enjoy a healthy and productive life, and the right of every sovereign state to use its resources to that end.

On September 11, 2001, 19 men hijacked four commercial jets, intentionally crashing them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Over the past half century, most population growth has occurred in the developing world. In high-birth rate countries such as Kenya, the population not only grows, it grows younger. Forty-three percent of Kenya’s population is under 14, compared to 21 percent for the United States.

Ten years ago, filmmaker Bruno Sorrentino began recording the lives of eight newborn babies from around the world. In 1992, world leaders met in Brazil for the Earth Summit on sustainable development. There they made plans and promises to conquer the global problems of overpopulation, over-consumption and poverty. In the ten years since, Sorrentino has revisited the children repeatedly and recorded how their lives have been affected by the issues discussed at Rio.