Controversial Pro-Israel Ads Go Up in Washington Subway Metro officials had raised concerns that this ad could incite violence especially after the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya. The ad reads: In any war between the civilized man and the sava...
N. Korean Film Screened at S. Korean Festival The festival is Asia's largest and features movies from across the continent and beyond. This year that included a film from North Korea. Comrade Kim Goes Flying is a romantic comedy about a young coal mi...
Unusual Mars Rock Surprises Rover Scientists Curiosity's engineers on Earth put the drilling and sampling tools on the rover's robotic arm to full use this week as they assessed the makeup of the pyramid-shaped rock. The sample is named Jake Matijevi...
Number of Chinese Students in US Dramatically Expands At the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, it is not difficult to spot students from China. They gather regularly for social events, such as this Mid-Autumn festival. Environmental e...
Kentucky's Tea Party is a Force to be Reckoned With Kentucky voter Eric Wilson is concerned about his childrens future. I have to do now what is right, to give them the lifestyle that they need, Wilson said. He is so passionate that he leads the Kent...
Wind Turbines Take Steep Toll On Birds And Bats Estimates by the Department of Energy indicate that in the United States alone, there will be more than 100,000 wind turbines by 2030. John Anderson is policy director at the American Wind Energy Associ...
Hunger Remains Serious Global Problem The 2012 Global Hunger Index says hunger remains a serious problem worldwide, with alarming levels in some countries. The Index links hunger to the unsustainable use of land, water and energy resources. The Globa...
Independent Ukrainian TV Station Struggles to Stay on the Air Ivan Artemenko is disappointed: The Kyiv students favorite channel - TVi - has vanished from the airwaves. I switched on my TV -- there is darkness on a channel TVi. The note says: 'The ch...
US Supreme Court Hears Racial Preference Case Outside the Supreme Court in Washington people gathered to have their opinions heard. The high court is deciding whether schools can consider race when admitting students. Some, like University of Texas s...
Illegal Fishing Threatens Tonie Sap Lake Villagers' Livelihood Despite a government ban on commercial fishing across Tonle Sap Lake - the largest lake in Southeast Asia -- fishing communities say bribery of corrupt local officials has meant the illeg...
Chavez Says He Will Continue to Speak Out Against Imperialism First news conference At his first news conference since winning re-election and after recovering from three cancer-related surgeries since 2011, President Chavez was in good spirits. The...
Seattle, 'City of Clocks' Keeps on Ticking If youve been to Seattle, Washington - or even just heard about it - youd probably guess that its nickname is something like The Space Needle City. That 184-meter-high tower, with an observation deck and res...
Defying Danger: Somali Refugees Flock to Journalism School On the eighth floor of the Binali hotel in Nairobi, journalists gather to honor six of their colleagues killed in Mogadishu in just eight days in late September. Mohamed Osman, chairman of th...
Many Millions Suffer from Depression Wednesday (October 10th) is World Mental Health Day. The World Health Organization is using the occasion to call for an end to stigma against those who suffer from depression and other mental disorders. Dr. Shekha...
Boosting Africa's Wheat Production Agricultural experts are meeting in Addis Ababa (10/8-12) to discuss ways of making sub-Saharan Africa a major wheat producer. The region traditionally has played a small role in wheat production, but that could cha...
