Rutted roads in rural Ghana are an obvious problem, but women and infants there often die partly because of prejudices against wives or newborns leaving the house.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Algeria on Monday as the United States sought to coordinate support for an emerging international effort to push Islamic militants out of northern Mali.

Some hail the crackdown in a village known for its sex trade as a victory for community activism; others fear the influence of fundamentalist Islam.

A study of shoulder bones from Australopithecus afarensis — the hominid species whose most famous member is known as Lucy — suggests the species could climb as well as walk upright.

Some hail the crackdown in a village known for its sex trade as a victory for community activism; others fear the influence of fundamentalist Islam.