Linda Blake | New Delhi 30 April 2010 A new study released by the Registrar General of India indicates that obesity-related diseases have joined malnutrition as leading causes of death. As India's economy grows, so does the temptation for many people...
African Maternal and Child Mortality Rate Remains High Despite Improvements Elsewhere Doctors are calling it a milestone. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment. It is not a cure, but it can ext...
Surge in ceremonies brings economic opportunity to Washington, DC merchants Penelope Poulou | Washington, DC 30 April 2010 Cuc and Gwen were among the first gay couples to tie the knot the day same sex marriage became legal in Washington D.C. The gay...
President Barack Obama, accompanied by small business employers and employees, speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House, 30 Apr 2010 The U.S. economy grew in the first three months of this year, but more slowly than at the end of last year. Pre...
President Barack Obama speaks on Wall Street reform at the Oakley Lindsay Center in Quincy, Ill., Wednesday, April 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) On the final stop of a trip to promote his initiatives to rural America, President Barack Obama stopp...
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to the American Jewish Committee Annual gala dinner in Washington, 29 Apr 2010 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell will return to the region next week...
In the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, many families have been battered by war, rape, poverty and a lack of education. However, a humanitarian group says theres a way to help families not only deal with the issues, but rise above them. The east...
Thai protesters stormed a major hospital in Bangkok, forcing the facility to evacuate patients and suspend operations Friday. Thailand's prime minister tells VOA a government reconciliation plan is key to ending the Red Shirts' weeks-long, anti-gover...