Oil drilling advocate to be Trump pick for Interior Dept.
Cathy McMorris Rodgers is a climate-change skeptic and an advocate for expanded oil and gas development
Canada tries to negotiate carbon price, two provinces unhappy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the price will help Canada meet its international climate change obligations
Afghan filmmaker, seeking to free oppressed voices, finds own voice quieted
"We are desperate for Hassan to come to Berlin and share his story"
FEATURE-Nobel laureates, leaders gather to push child slavery onto the global agenda
"We want to create a strong moral platform to raise a voice which cannot be ignored by governments" - Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi
UN's new gay rights advocate unfazed by anti-LGBTI opposition
Even countries perceived as the most virulent opponents of LGBT rights may have pockets of tolerance, says U.N.'s new gay rights independent investigator Vitit Muntarbhorn
Nature reserves in Central America push out indigenous people - report
The creation of protected areas in Central America has pushed indigenous people off land they've nurtured for generations, researchers say
Forecasting, commodity futures, new crops needed to break Southern Africa's cycle of hunger
Some 39 million people are suffering from a drought-induced food crisis in southern Africa, with hunger reaching emergency levels in Madagascar
Amazonian tribe in Peru says it will block new oil drilling plans
"We have healthy rainforest free of pollution; that's why we don't want oil companies to come in"
FACTBOX-Hidden and often ignored: Five facts about 'urban refugees'
Some urban refugees are away from camps because there are no such places in their hosting countries
FEATURE-Election brings no hope to Macedonia's Roma-run "ghetto", say voters
"Held hostage" by political leaders, residents in one of the world's only self-governed Roma municipalities want drastic change