Indonesia Working to Soothe South China Sea Tensions Chinese patrols in waters that Vietnam and the Philippines also claim have heightened tensions in the mineral-rich South China Sea. Vietnamese protestors condemn what they call a Chinese invasion o...
China Seeks New Technology in Oil Deal Tar sands projects run by Nexen are one reason the Canadian oil company is being offered $15 billion by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation or CNOOC. Besides oil sands, Nexen has deepwater drilling opera...
Indonesia Working to Soothe South China Sea Tensions Chinese patrols in waters that Vietnam and the Philippines also claim have heightened tensions in the mineral-rich South China Sea. Vietnamese protestors condemn what they call a Chinese invasion o...
Olympic History on Display During London Games This year's Olympics stamp exhibit is at the large and popular British Library, where local residents and visitors have easy, and free, access. The displays focus on stamps and posters from London's two...
Fans Note Differences Between London, Beijing Olympics American Gary Davis has been to nine Olympics and says the stadiums built for the London games cannot compare to the iconic architectural design of the bird's nest stadium and water cube aquatic...
Afghanistan Struggles to Educate its Youth Modern education is a challenge in Afghanistan. Educators are struggling with the aftermath of decades of war and differing political ideologies. Education Ministry spokesman Amanullah Iman says it has taken...
Pakistani Acid-Attack Victim Enjoys New Life in Texas After taking the oath of citizenship, Julie Aftab celebrated. I have waited eight-and-a-half years to hear those words, and those words mean so much to me, she said. Ten years ago, when she was 16...
Are Sleep Problems a Growing Epidemic? New research shows that a lack of sleep is a growing health problem around the world. Sleeplessness has been linked to such chronic illnesses as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Lack of sleep is not just a p...
Ivory Coast Pushes for UN Military Action in Mali Islamist fighters say they now have full control of the north of Mali. In late June, a fierce battle in the town of Gao drove out the last of their Tuareg rivals, the separatist MNLA. The Islamist adv...
India Blackout Highlights Power Problems in Developing Countries In recent years, developing countries have made huge investments to expand power supply networks, but India's outages - which left 670 million people without power this week - demonstra...
Syria Crisis Hurts Lebanese Farmers In the Bekaa Valley, a wide variety of fruits and vegetables are grown for domestic consumption and export to Jordan, Egypt and the Gulf countries. But as the conflict in Syria intensifies, Antoine Howayek, the pre...
Olympic Games Hurt Business in London The street performers at Londons Covent Garden can still draw a crowd. But in the middle of the summer tourist season, those crowds are smaller than usual. And the nearby market seems almost empty compared to the...
US Olympic Alternates Prepare, Hope for Opportunity While Dacota Earnest, an 18-year-old from Texas, did not fulfill her Olympic dream, she still made it to London. She and Logan Dooley were selected as back-ups for the U.S. Olympic team's trampoline...
NASA Mars Rover Will Face Harrowing Descent, Landing Curiosity is the centerpiece of the $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, launched in November aboard an Atlas V rocket. It's traveled some 560 million kilometers toward its destination,...
Old Racehorses Give Prisoners Second Chance Its a second chance for all involved. The non-profit Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation saves former race horses from possible neglect, abuse and slaughter. At the same time, the horses prepare prison inmat...
