Cameroon Winning Battle to Reduce Malaria Its a Monday morning at the Yaounde central hospital, and one of the busiest days of the week for the doctors and nurses who work here. Hundreds of sick people wait for their turn in one of the consultation r...
US Concerned Syrian Violence Will Impact Lebanon The fighting in Tripoli broke a fragile cease-fire between Sunni Muslim and Alawite neighborhoods. The violence mirrors battles across the border in Syria where mainly-Sunni militia are fighting forces...
Empire State Building Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 9 Wounded New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly identified the gunman in the Friday morning attack as Jeffrey Johnson, a 58-year-old resident of Manhattan. Kelly says Johnson designed womens accesso...
Iran Hosts Non-aligned Summit Despite Sanctions Tehran soon will transform into a hub for more than a hundred diplomats, including several heads of state. They range from newly-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to Sudanese President Omar Hassa...
Coach Helps Female Clients Pursue Dream Job When Christie Mims became a full-time career coach a year ago, she decided to focus mainly on women. I feel their pain, I really understand it, she says. I used to live it. Mims finds women often need more...
Romney Touts Business Background in Presidential Bid The Republican ticket for 2012: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. In his bid to become the 45th President of the United States, Romney highlights his business experience. I understand those things, and I...
Waste Not, Want Not Next week (8/26-31) is World Water Week, and this years theme is Water and Food Security. Some 25 hundred officials, policymakers and scientists will gather in Stockholm for the largest annual meeting on water development issues....
Hitlers Olympic Village Faces Conservation Battle The 1936 Berlin Olympics gave Adolf Hitler an ideal showcase for Nazi propaganda. Director Leni Riefenstahls famous film of the Games, Olympia, immortalized the sporting prowess and political context...
Study: English Language Rooted in Turkey The Indo-European language family - which includes English, French, Russian, Persian and even ancient Greek - is one of the worlds largest language groups and extends from Iceland in the West to Sri Lanka in t...
Republican VP Candidate Complements Romney Republican Congressman Paul Ryan recalled his former years when he introduced himself as Mr.Romney Running Mate. My dad died when I was young. He was a good and decent man. There are a few things he would sa...
Chinese Work to Improve Domestic Wine Industry This area around the Helan Mountains is a key part of Ningxia's governments five-year plan to make this an official wine-growing region. The area is home to a host of wineries, such as Jiabeilan and Doma...
Oceans Get a Health Check A new system has been developed to assess the health of the worlds oceans. Scientists say it will change the way we think about oceans and how they affect our lives. Its called the Ocean Health Index and its going to tell us...
Texas Health Officials Study West Nile Outbreak Technicians in the state's mosquito laboratory are examining mosquito corpses sent from all over Texas, at the Texas Department of Health Services Laboratories in the capital of Austin. State Laboratori...
'Uncaged' Billed as Zac Brown Band's Best Album Yet The band describes its new album as the best record weve made. The 11 tracks cover everything from Country, Southern rock, and bluegrass, to Caribbean and rhythm blues. Since arriving on the Country...
Rights Group: Broaden S. Africa Violence Inquiry A human rights group is calling on the South African government to broaden its investigation into the police killings of protesting miners. Thirty-four mineworkers were shot dead August 16 at the Lonmi...
