A United Nations-backed committee has endorsed a set of far-reaching global guidelines to help governments protect the rights of people, especially the poor, to own or access land, forests and fisheries.

“Giving poor and vulnerable people secure and equitable rights to access land and other natural resources is a key condition in the fight against hunger and poverty,” said the Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), José Graziano da Silva.

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3 BOSTON STUDENTS KILLED. New Zealand Van Crash.

GUILTY VERDICT. Jennifer Hudson's Family Murders.

BOMB KILLS. Targets Northwest Pakistan Official.

METS/YANKEES. Losers/Winners

NYC's Green Book has been keeping New Yorkers informed concerning agencies, offices, boards, and commissions that keep this city running. This year, there is a published one of a kind on line and truly "green" Green Book-a searchable, up-to-date NYC directory in digital form.

President Obama took several jabs at Mitt Romney during George Clooney's California fundraiser last night. Obama wasted no time casting his historic support for same-sex marriage. He is defining it as a political issue, embracing the Hollywood elite members and saying that it shows how the Democrats vision of the country differs from Republicans.

HORST FAAS DEAD: LEGENDARY AP PHOTOJOURNALIST

This one of a kind photographer and journalist, was best known for his amazing, searing and sometimes startling images from the war in Vietnam. Fass carved out new standards for covering war with a camera, proving that
a picture is indeed worth one thousand words.

He served as chief of AP photo operations in Saigon for a decade beginning in 1962, Horst Faas didn't just cover the news but he also recruited and trained new talent from among foreign and Vietnamese freelancers.