Sanaa, Yemen — Yemen’s national cycling team is facing an uphill struggle. They ride ageing bikes and train with a shoestring budget. But their biggest challenge has nothing to do with money.  On the cyclists’ morning rides in Yemen’s Highlands, people shout insults and throw stones. A passing land cruiser ran down a training group down as they prepared for a race in the fiercely tribal Lahj province in the country’s south.  And the Ministry of Sport doesn't even recognize cycling. But the cyclists still train every day, and for the first time in five years, they're preparing to race abroad.

NAIROBI — Elijah Kanyi, 27, has little resources and no political experience. But come Monday he may become the youngest MP elected in Kenya since independence, half a century ago. Even more revolutionary is where he lives: in one of Nairobi’s poorest slums.

VATICAN CITY – The first pope to step down in 600 years, Benedict XVI leaves the Vatican in turmoil.