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The Iraqi refugee community in Damascus, Syria, is a haven for young artists: filmmakers, painters, dancers. For dancer Muhanad Rasheed, talent is one way out: An invitation to Europe is an opportunity to perform and, hopefully, find a new life.

Kenya has one of the lowest rates of women in elected positions of leadership, with only 8 percent of seats in government. Swanee Hunt, of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, talks about the role of women in the Kenyan government.

Sometime early next year, tons of African ivory will be sold at auction to Japan. Despite the international ban on the trade, South Africa, Botswana and Namibia will be allowed a one-time purge of their stockpiled ivory. Conservationists hope the sale won't reignite widespread demand for elephant tusks.

Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he does not intend to cling to power forever. In a letter read on Cuba's state television, Castro said he does not want to stand in the way of a younger generation.

The U.S. and Europe head toward a compromise solution as the U.N. climate conference at Bali winds down. An agreement would break a deadlock over how ambitious the goal should be in negotiating future cutbacks in global warming gases.

In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech Monday in Oslo, Norway, former Vice President Al Gore urged the United States and China to face up to the challenges of dealing with climate change or, in his words, "stand accountable before history for their failure to act."

Former Vice President Al Gore has officially become a Nobel laureate, after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. Gore shares the honor with the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

For decades, scientists have been trying to solve two big mysteries about the sun. One is how the solar wind reaches a speed of more than 1 million miles per hour. The other is why the sun's atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than its surface. Now, scientists say a Japanese spacecraft is providing answers.

Which San Diego buildings are onions and which are orchids? We'll talk to the organizers of this program to find out which way the jury and the citizens of San Diego voted in this year's Orchids and O

The American delegation to a U.N. conference on climate control tries to defend U.S. reluctance to commit to global policies on climate change, describing instead how it's countering global warming. Experts call for a new pact stemming the destructive rise in world temperatures.