Stanford Study Gives US Global AIDS Program High Marks In 2003, President Bush launched PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS, to combat the AIDS pandemic in developing countries. With the approval of Congress, we'll devote $15 billion to f...
For Exotic Parrots, Florida is for the Birds The southeastern state of Florida is a land of sunshine, beaches, orange groves, alligators, and lots of retired people. Its also a paradise for birds: big birds, little birds, exotic birds, endangered bir...
US Military Plans Operations in Africa Onboard a U.S. military transport plane ready for takeoff from the airport at Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso are U.S.-trained Burkinabe troops on a training mission to Mali. The airport is the hub of what...
National Mall Construction to Affect July 4 Celebrations Construction on National Mall If you are one of the 25 million tourists visiting the National Mall this year, you can't help but notice that it's going through changes. National Park Service in...
Writers Kick-start Career with Print-on-Demand On a recent Sunday afternoon, there was a steady stream of visitors to a house in Alexandria, Virginia, where John Saul signed copies of his first published book, Candle in the Window. It is a collection...
Blended Organic-Conventional Farming Could Feed World In rural Maryland, an hour-and-a-half drive from Washington, Bill Mason is tilling his fields to plant organic maize and soybeans. About two-thirds of his 340 hectares are organic, but not all of...
Common Infection Raises Female to Male HIV Risk A common bacterial infection among women in sub-Saharan Africa sharply increases the risk of HIV transmission to men. Researchers say current treatments provide only a short-term solution. Its long been...
Ningxia, China Muslims Hope Islamic Ties Profitable Ningxia is a small region with big ambitions. A swath of land outside the capital Yinchuan is being cleared for a new central business district, which locals say is aimed at attracting thousands of...
Syria Conflict Stokes Calls for Global Arms Treaty Last February in Homs, Syria, photojournalist Paul Conroy witnessed his colleague, Sunday Times writer Marie Colvin, killed in a rocket attack. Conroy has now joined activists with the Control Arms C...
Olympic Power Couple Loyal to Two Nations By tradition, the Olympic decathlon champion assumes the title of the world's greatest athlete. Those are big shoes to fill. But this month, a 24-year-old from the U.S. state of Oregon installed himself as th...
For Pentagon, Soldier Suicides a Frustrating Problem It was not the bombs in Iraq but coming home that resulted in the death of Josh Lipstein. The 23-year-old committed suicide last year, after returning from his second deployment in Iraq. His father...
US Track Team Prepares Outside London Crowded London will be even more crowded during the Olympics. More than 200 Olympic teams will descend on London this summer to compete for medals in dozens of sporting events. The city will be crowded with athle...
AIDS 2012 to Say Thanks to US About 20,000 people from more than 200 countries are expected in Washington for the 19th International AIDS Conference. Its the first time the worlds largest AIDS-related gathering will be held in the U.S. in more than 2...
EU Oil Embargo on Iran Goes into Effect Sunday The world runs on oil, much of it transported on ships from countries in the Middle East, including Iran. But the European Union has all but stopped its imports from Iran, and the flow will stop complete...
Mexico Tourism Thrives in Spite of Violent Crime At the recent G-20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico's tourism secretary, Gloria Guevara, hailed world leaders for recognizing tourism's role in promoting economic development. One of every 12 jobs in the wo...
