Paper or plastic? When it comes to purchases in Thailand, almost everything is put in a plastic bag. Even when you buy soda you will get it in 2 plastic bags with a few plastic straws.

More than 40 thousand children in South Africa are involved in prostitution with 10 thousand in the area of the stadium where the World Cup is being held. According to ESPN, an expected half a million football fans are going to enter the country with a high demand for prostitutes. According to News One for Black America, many of the workers are from all over the world, and have either traveled or have been trafficked to South Africa to tend to nearly 450,000 mostly-male visitors.

Jamaican gang leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke was extradited to the U.S. today immediately after a court hearing. After arriving in the U.S., he faced a trial for alleged drug and weapons trafficking in New York. If convicted, he could receive a life sentence.

B.o.B recalibrates hip-hop with his debut album, "The Adventures of Bobby Ray," one of hip-hop's newest chart-toppers. He rejuvenates the genre with his new release while simultaneously taking us on a tour of the creatively expressive Bobby's world.

The crude oil from the "Macondo" well, which has been spilling out and damaging the Gulf of Mexico since April, contains around 40 percent methane gas, compared with about 5 percent found in typical oil deposits. This can prove fatal.

Columnist Ana Guthrie rejoices in her new-found inner peon.

The pursuit of the American dream has become progressively more difficult for immigrants because of the economic slowdown. But, many still stand strong.

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Nelson Mandela, the first president of the democratic republic of South Africa, who is 91, forewent Friday's World Cup opening ceremony in South Africa after tragedy struck his family. His great-granddaughter was killed in a car crash.

A Romanian stowaway clung to the undercarriage of a Dubai royal family jet during a flight at 25,000 feet from Vienna, Austria before tumbling onto the tarmac when the plane landed at London Heathrow Airport in England last Sunday.