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Most people take birth certificates for granted, but millions of people simply do not have one. They miss out on fundamental rights, including health care and education services, according to an international charity

A Spanish judge indicted two Somali pirate suspects in Madrid on Monday, while pirates held a Spanish fishing boat and its crew off the Somali coast for the 46th day.

Taliban leaders have claimed responsibility for a wave of suicide bombings that have battered the Pakistani city of Peshawar. The militants also vow to carry out more attacks in the future.

A judge adjourned the trial of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is accused of tax fraud charge, officials said Monday.

This year's Leonid meteor shower will peak early Tuesday, forecasters say, producing mild but pretty sparks over the United States and a more intense outburst over Asia.

November 13, 2009 WASHINGTON - Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq show much improved mental health amid much lower violence, the Army said Friday.

November 12, 2009 LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Nov 12, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Swiss scientists say people who are stressed and reach for dark chocolate -- the "chocolate cure" -- do seem to experience less emotional stress.

November 12, 2009 Nov. 12--Temple University professor Laurence Steinberg will take his research on teen brain development and risky behavior international with a $1 million award he received yesterday.

November 11, 2009 WASHINGTON - Far from winding down, the numbers of U.S. soldiers coming home wounded have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute among those fighting in Afghanistan, where nearly four times as many troops were injured in October as a year ago.

November 07, 2009 WASHINGTON - Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For every physical and mental strain on service members, there's often a military therapist at their side.

Gabriel Falcon CNN The body of a missing 5-year-old girl has been found in North Carolina, police said Monday. Theresa Chance, public information officer of the Fayetteville Police Department, confirmed the girl's body was discovered.

AC360° The problematic intersection of health care and abortion politics will be highlighted again today as religious abortion rights supporters demand changes to reform legislation recently passed by the House of Representatives. Under the House bill, people would be permitted to buy supplem ...

Andrew Torgan CNN Financial News Producer General Motors says that improved results will allow it to start repaying government loans sooner than expected, although the company continued to lose money in its first quarter since emerging from bankruptcy. GM says it anticipates paying $1 billion to ...

CNN Heroes Actress Dana Delany shares her personal connection to "Stand Up to Cancer" and why she got a mammogram on camera.

Michael Schulder CNN Senior Executive Producer It happened again. My on-the-verge-of-50 savvy and life experience could not prevent my jaw from dropping. I'm aware lobbyists have influence in Congress. But this was another case of "I didn't know what I didn't know."

Sometimes it's not about wearing a suitit's about wearing a suit of armor. Learn to love the hard-knock life and more in our Fall 2009 trend reports.

Later this month, Partners & Spade is hosting its own Ping-Pong tournament. K-Swiss has teamed up with the shop to offer a collaborative shoe, which will go on sale the day of the event. It's light enough to keep you spry on the tables and stylish enough to keep the rest of us looking good on the si ...

Gucci has tapped the DJ and producer to collaborate with Frida Giannini on several styles of Gucci Ronsons for the brand's upcoming series of sneakers-only pop-up shops. The first one comes to NYC this October.

Martin Dingman's new Rudyard travel collection, a line of equestrian-inspired bags, is due this fall. The saddle-leather bags and cases are outfitted with solid brass hardware and could be pulled from the hand of Daniel Dravot (played by Sean Connery in the film The Man Who Would Be King) himself. ...

From the late Pop artist Andy Warhol's birth to a lunar eclipse tonight, here are five things worth knowing today.

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