UNICEF Ambassador Tells Tragic Congo Tale Since the 1990s, armed groups have come and gone in the eastern DRC, leaving human tragedy in their wake. Millions have died and many thousands have been raped. And theres no end in sight. UNICEF Goodwill Amb...
Most Accurate Projection of Polar Ice Melt Produced to Date Measuring ice sheets is a tricky business. Over the last two decades, dozens of studies on ice loss have come up with conflicting results. Now, a global scientific team, reporting in the jou...
Zimbabwean Songwriter Fights HIV Getting to Zero was composed by an 18-year-old Zimbabwean, Theophylus Phoelyn, 18, and will be used by Zimbabwe as a theme song for this year's World AIDS Day. Most young musicians in Zimbabwe sing about love, sex and...
As Rebels Exit Goma, New Concerns Arise Over Insecurity Just over a week after taking control of Goma, the M23 rebels are pulling out. But even though the fighting has ended, and the dead have been buried, insecurity is expected to remain a challenge...
Kaman Muslims Raise Concerns of Wider Conflict An earring is all that 74-year-old Muslim Ma Yay Phyu has left. She and her family fled communal fighting in Rakhine state by boat, but it sank and four family members died, including her husband. I dont...
Soweto Shows Uneven Development After 18 Years of Democracy Tourists cycling fearlessly in Soweto are finishing up a historical tour in one of the world's most famous townships, where they are taught about life during white-minority rule, known as ap...
US Business Leaders Press Congress for Debt Deal Business leaders are pressing Congress for action, and the White House summoned ordinary Americans as Washington heads toward steep automatic tax hikes and spending cuts. Democrats and Republicans have...
Violence Forces Burmese Muslims Out of Kyaukphyu Little is left of this once vibrant Muslim fishing village. A month after fires leveled the community, those who once lived here are now part of the more than 100,000 displaced in Rakhine state still t...
More Afghan Opium May Mean More Pakistani Addicts In Pakistan, the number of people addicted to heroin and other opiates, like these in Karachi, are on the rise. Mohammad Qurban has been an addict for 20 years. This is his second time in rehab. There...
Slow Progress on Curbing Deforestation Expected at Climate Conference In Indonesia, a moratorium on new forest development appears to have little effect as farmers and large companies continue cutting down trees for timber, then burning off the land...
Obama Appeals to Public About 'Fiscal Cliff' Obama took his campaign to a toy factory near Philadelphia on Friday, asking middle-class workers and business leaders to press Republican lawmakers to pass his tax plan. And if we could just get a few Hou...
World AIDS Day 2012 More Hopeful Than in Past According to the United Nations, about 34 million people worldwide are living with HIV, and 2.5 million were infected last year alone. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control says there is a...
Astronauts Criticize US Space Program Retired Astronaut Eugene Cernan is one of just twelve men who walked on the moon. He currently holds the distinction of being the last man there. It is tremendously disappointing that I am here 40 years later and...
Violin Maker Keeps Family Tradition Alive These are the tools that I inherited from my grandfather, he says while making his second violin from scratch at his home. Some of them came from my great-great-grandfathers workshop as well. He says violins...
Chinese Tourism to US Growing Visitors to Los Angeles find countless movie studios, endless stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a constant flow of Chinese tourists. Los Angeles, we are the city in the United States that more Chinese come to than...
