Obama, Romney Look to November Showdown President Barack Obamas surprise trip to Afghanistan on the first anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden is the latest indication that foreign policy and national security issues will matter this election...
Obama, Karzai Sign US-Afghan Postwar Security Pact President Obama made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan Tuesday, arriving under the cover of darkness to sign the U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement. At the presidential palace in Kabul...
Volunteers Clean Up Los Angeles River Flood control channels encase the Los Angeles River, which is dry for most of the year but springs to life forcefully when the winter rains begin in November and December. Each April, as the waters subside, volun...
Circus Train is Home to Traveling Performers Ringling Brothers and Barnum Baileys newest show is called Dragons. Ringmaster Jonathan Iverson, a former opera singer, joined the circus about 10 years ago. He was drawn by the history and mystique of the...
Citizens' Access to Information Limited in Many Countries Everyone wants access to unlimited and unobstructed information but not everyone gets it. Seeking and receiving information is a fundamental human right, stresses Joel Simon, Executive Directo...
Kenyan Driving Schools Aim to Decrease Road Fatalities Like so many other teenagers around the world, 19-year-old Martin Otieno Jr. cant wait to get his drivers license. He shows all the characteristics of a first-time driver - hands gripping the ste...
As the World Economy Goes, So Do Emissions Theres a correlation between the global economy and global greenhouse gas emissions. Evidence of the link was found in the 2009 economic crisis. There isnt much good that can be said about the so-called grea...
Aid Groups Meeting in Kenya Promote 'Clean Cookstoves' Roseline Amondi is making githeri, a traditional dish of maize and beans, for her small restaurant in the informal settlement of Kibera in Kenyas capital. She places her sufuria, or cooking pot,...
Women in Jazz Festival Features Lundy, Carrington Lundy was introduced to the piano at age six, sang in her church choir, and studied opera at the University of Miami before embarking on a career as a jazz vocalist. She is also an accomplished compos...
S. Korean Activists Resume Protests Against US Beef Organizers are hoping to revive the street activism of four years ago when South Korea decided to resume U.S. beef imports. That movement turned into the largest anti-government protests this countr...
Study: Warm Ocean Speeds Antarctic Melting The study's lead author, Hamish Pritchard, is a glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey. In 1993, and again in 2003, he observed the collapse of two ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula. He says the...
Civilians Bear Brunt of Sudan, South Sudan Violence A humanitarian group says unless South Sudan has a sustained period of peace, it will never be able to provide the necessary infrastructure, healthcare and education for its people. World Relief is...
Greeks Weigh Austerity, Discontent Ahead of May 6 Elections After two, huge financial bailouts in the past three years, the reputation of the two main traditional parties in Greece - the Socialists and the Conservatives - has suffered. Greek voters a...
Occupys May Day on the Streets Demonstrators in New York started banging drums early despite rainy skies that appeared to threaten the days turnout. But this Occupy activist was undaunted. If the NYPD [New York Police Department] can't stop us, Mothe...
Caregivers, Chronically Ill Under More Stress Americans are under considerable stress, according to a new survey by the American Psychological Association. Nearly half of the respondents reported an increase in stress over the last five years. While...
