Most of the rebels fighting government forces in the city of Aleppo fit a specific mold: They're poor, religiously conservative and usually come from the underdeveloped countryside nearby. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
They come together each morning from the sloping forests. Some walk for more than an hour along muddy footpaths past terraced farms stacked like soft green steps. Some race their new motorbikes down narrow, cracked roads cut into the hillsides. (Sour... [Full Article]
The average household in rural India spends just 43 rupees (77 US cents) per head a day, with their urban equivalents consuming almost double, according to new government data. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
London's Olympic Stadium will be transformed into a rural British idyll for the Games opening ceremony on July 27, organisers said on Tuesday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
A rural Australian gold mining and farming town famous as the birthplace of "Waltzing Matilda" poet Banjo Paterson seems an unlikely home for refugees fleeing decades of conflict in Sudan. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A man leaps onto a truck as it forges a creek in a rural part of Myanmar's Kachin state February 26, 2012. As Myanmar emerges from decades of isolation and its prospects for outside investment blossom, infrastructure bottlenecks pose ... [Full Article]
In sports, they speak of an athlete being in the zone, when the game is at its peak. At Burberry's fall 2012 collection, the house's chief creative officer Christopher Bailey was more in the zone than any other designer so far in the curren... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A resident stands under a water tower in a rural neighborhood near the Runge reservoir in the town of Runge, some 60 km (37 miles) north of Santiago February 3, 2012. Chile has around 77 communes in three regions that have been put under ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A water tower for a rural neighborhood is seen near the Runge reservoir in the town of Runge, some 60 km (37 miles) north of Santiago February 3, 2012. Chile has around 77 communes in three regions that have been put under a state of agri... [Full Article]
COATESVILLE, New Zealand (Reuters) - Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's online profile was larger-than-life, with fast women, faster cars and chartered planes, yet he lived like a virtual recluse in a sprawling, manicured estate on the outskirts of... [Full Article]