Ecuador Mulls Giving Julian Assange Asylum Julian Assange walked into the Ecuadorian Embassy on Tuesday and has been staying there ever since. He spoke to a radio station in his native Australia from the embassy. Ecuador back in 2010 suggested that p...
Damsels in Distress Now A Thing of the Past In 1937, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs captured the imagination of children the world over. The princess, from Grimm's fairytale, was presented as fragile and helpless, waiting for her prince to...
Californians Target Human Trafficking Virginia Isaias was forced to marry at 15 in her native Mexico, and later kidnapped with her six-year-old daughter and forced into prostitution. Her story is told in a documentary now being produced, called Sands...
World's Economy Still Focused on Europe New reports out Friday show German business confidence declined in June. Chinese manufacturing continues to shrink. And the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits hit a nine-month high. Expectat...
Quirky Comedy Explores NY Dating Scene Gerwig portrays Lola, who at almost 30-years-old, is finally getting to wear a wedding dress. She's planning to marry her fianc Luke, an artist. But Lola is so consumed by her doctoral thesis and the wedding pla...
Eternal City Shines in 'To Rome With Love' The film begins with the camera moving past ancient ruins, classic fountains and modern skyscrapers while the 1950's hit, Volare, plays in the background. A Roman policeman directing the notorious traffic tu...
Global Foods Vie for US Market Mame Diene remembers the ancient baobab tree in the courtyard of her family home. As a child, she was not allowed to climb it or cut its branches. Now, she honors these trees of Senegal by selling their powder as a natu...
At 75, New Deal's 'Green Towns' Endure In an effort to pull the United States out of the Great Depression of the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelts so-called New Deal administration created a bevy of government agencies designed to help Americans r...
As Iran Talks Falter, Fears of Military Action Increase Two days of grueling talks did not narrow the gaps between the West and Iran. The negotiators could only agree to hold lower level talks in the coming weeks. Mark Fitzpatrick at Londons Internat...
More Greeks Use Soup Kitchens as Economy Worsens It's just before lunchtime. Bowls of hot pasta are being made up for more than a hundred children. But this is not a school. It's a facility run by the municipality of Athens to feed those who can no l...
Doctors, Researchers on Lookout for New Flu Outbreak The H1N1 influenza virus infected about 61 million people during the 2009 pandemic. Dave Cornwell was one of them. I had a fever, I was achy, you know, flu-like symptoms, he described. And while I...
'Identity Politics' Play a Role in US Elections While many voters would say they cast their ballots on the basis of where the candidates stand on key issues, some of them are swayed by a candidates coloror ethnicityor other factors. And that's called...
Development Banks to Fund Sustainable Transport The worlds eight largest development banks say theyll invest 175 billion dollars to finance sustainable urban transportation systems. The announcement came at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Developm...
Rising Death Toll in Syria Prompts Calls for Western Intervention The violence in Syria continues to escalate and the death toll mounts. The Syrian military is now using helicopter gunships and tanks to shell civilian areas, while armed rebels have i...
World Leaders Gather in Mexico for G20 Summit Mariachi musicians greeted delegations from around the world as they arrived at one of the Mexicos most luxurious beach resort areas. Its also one of the most well-guarded resort areas in the world with s...
