After decades of masterful acting and five Academy Award nominations, actor Jeff Bridges won the Oscar for best actor for his role as washed-out country singer Bad Blake in the music drama Crazy Heart. Thank you, Mom and Dad for turning me onto such...
The U.S. Treasury Department has announced it will issue licenses to companies that export instant messaging and other personal Internet services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba. The move follows comments made earlier this year by U.S. Secretary of State Hil...
Childhood obesity continues to spread in the U.S. and elsewhere. A new study finds excessive snacking is the main culprit. One in three children in the United States is overweight or obese. A new study shows that some obese children as young as three...
A person suffering from Alzheimer's gradually loses touch with reality. It is one of the most dreaded diseases of aging. When you think about the functions that limit living independently and autonomously, loss of cognition is one of the major ones,...
C-reactive protein is an indication of inflammation in the body, and, at high levels, is considered an early sign of future heart disease. It's a risk factor in a similar way that elevated cholesterol is a risk factor for heart disease, says Asheley...
WHO releases new guidelines for treatment of malaria, making possible to rapidly diagnose malaria in even poorest settings Lisa Schlein | Geneva 09 March 2010 The World Health Organization is releasing new guidelines for the treatment of malaria. It...
The U.N. Human Rights council has postponed discussion of a highly critical report on the secret detention of terror suspects in dozens of countries. One of the report's authors tells VOA that government officials in the United States and elsewhere w...
The final remnants of a community of Ethiopian Jews are asking Israel to make good on a promise to allow them to immigrate. The so-called Falash Mura Jews accuse Israeli authorities of turning a deaf ear to their immigration requests. Their synagogue...
Nigeria's acting president has appointed a new National Security Advisor following the deaths of hundreds of people in the latest round of ethnic and religious violence near the city of Jos. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan fired National Security...
The Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker dominated the Oscars Sunday evening. The film about a bomb disposal unit earned six Academy Awards, including for best picture. The Hurt Locker also brought the first Oscar for directing for a woman, filmmaker Kathr...
In an event at the White House on Monday, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle marked International Women's Day. The president and first lady were joined by Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State, as they note...
The World Health Organization calls tobacco the leading cause of preventable death in the world. In December, the WHO launched a campaign against cigarette smoking in Africa, saying a rapidly growing population is creating larger and more accessible...
If you are a smoker who has tried and failed to stop smoking, you are not alone. Like millions of American tobacco smokers, President Barack Obama is trying to kick the habit. After his first routine medical checkup since taking office, the president...
Emily Pilloton was set on her path in life early on, by her entrepreneur father and a business-oriented mother who stressed the importance of helping others. I somehow ended up as a sort of perfect cross-section of the two of them, she says, wanting...
March 8 is International Women's Day, a national holiday in Burkina Faso. One way of celebrating is by making new clothes from Women's Day cloth that is designed with a new pattern every year. Burkina Faso is Africa's largest cotton producer, but the...
