In Facebook Game, Indian Woman Reject Dowry The Facebook game is called Angry Brides - reminiscent of the mobile-phone sensation Angry Birds. The player assumes the role of a Hindu goddess whose many arms can throw projectiles like stiletto-heeled sh...
Untreatable New Forms of TB Raising Alarm The World Health Organization (WHO) lists 69 countries that have reported what is officially called extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). It's a form of the mycobacterium that, like the one report...
Senegal Turns Away from French in Boost to Democracy Senegal, once considered a francophone cradle in West Africa, is now increasingly turning from French to the local Wolof language. Scholars say this is a boost for democracy, but also a problem in...
Sudanese Refugees Victims of Air Raid At least one Sudanese refugee was injured and 14 others are missing following an air raid Monday in South Sudan. The U.N. refugee agency says the attack occurred in Upper Nile State where Sudanese refugees have s...
'Extremely Loud' Hits Incredibly Close to Heart Oskar Schell cannot comprehend why the person he loved most died on the morning of September 11. An intellectually-gifted child, Oskar also has symptoms of Asperger's syndrome and is fearful of the worl...
Scientists Developing Salt-Tolerant Rice Scientists are developing a salt-resistant variety of rice. The move was prompted, in part, by last year's Japan tsunami, which flooded some 20,000 hectares of rice paddies. The rice varieties Japanese farmers...
One Year On, Egypt's Revolutionaries See Work in Progress The millions who poured into Tahrir Square last year came from all walks of life: the poor, the middle class, Muslims and Christians. But the seeds of the uprising were largely planted by the...
Using Ingenuity to Combat Global Water Crisis Much of the work goes on in Well Dones headquarters building south of San Francisco. Designers work to create compelling logos and user-friendly web layouts to spread the word on global water shortages. T...
Man's Africa Trek Saves Pristine Forests Michael Fay calls himself a nature boy. Hes made a career of exploring the globe in the name of environmental protection, sponsored by organizations like National Geographic and the Wildlife Conservation Socie...
Earth-Conscious Hotel Guests Re-Use Towels You - yes, you - can save the planet. That message is being spread across America - not by environmental activists but by ordinary business men and women, families on vacation, truckers and salespeople who w...
Century-Old Sailor Songs Delight Crowds Peter Kasin has been on staff with San Francisco's Maritime National Historical Park for 20 years. Like other park rangers, he escorts sightseers and ensures their safety during their visits. But there's one pa...
New Documentary Illustrates Plague of Leftover Landmines In many regions of the globe, surviving a war is followed by surviving the peace. From Laos, where this new documentary was filmed, to Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Cambodia, and many other coun...
Obama's State of the Union Address to Focus on Economic Fair Play The economy will be front and center as the president makes the trip to Capitol Hill to address a joint session of Congress. Unemployment is falling, but not as quickly as Obama hoped....
Gi ngrich Victory in South Carolina Leaves Republican Race Open Newt Gingrich's supporters celebrated Saturday night. The candidate targeted President Barack Obama and complimented his Republican rivals. If you look at the four of us, we are proof th...
Attack on Pro-Gbagbo Protestors Draws Criticism from Ivorian Rights Group Dozens of supporters of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo were attacked and injured during a rally Sunday in Abidjan, after opponents began throwing stones. Eric-Aim...
