Obama, Burmese President to Discuss Reform Progress, Challenges November 2012. Barack Obama becomes the first serving U.S. president to visit Burma. He meets with President Thein Sein, who has led a bold but cautious reform process since 2011 after d...
US Military Officials Call Sex Abuse In Ranks Serious Problem Sexual misconduct in the ranks remains a problem despite recently enacted preventive measures, making it clear that the military alone cannot solve it. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said a...
Midwest Tea Party Activists Not Surprised by IRS Scrutiny Former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh, a Republican, has heard a lot about the IRS from his conservative supporters, and not just in the last several weeks. I had, during my two years in Congr...
Republican Lawmakers Hammer Outgoing IRS Commissioner Appearing before the House Ways and Means Committee just two days after his resignation, outgoing IRS Acting Commissioner Steven Miller came under fire from Republican lawmakers who asked why he d...
Developing World Investment to Rise The developing world is poised to become a major player in global investment. The World Bank says in fewer than 20 years half the global stock of capital will be in developing countries. That compares to about one-...
Skylab-Era Astronauts Reflect on Life Off Earth Hadfield, who recently wrapped up nearly five months on the space station, has clearly adjusted to life away from Earth. But only four decades ago, scientists didn't know if humans could adapt to long-d...
Secret Life of Egyptian Pigs A city of 18 million people produces a lot of trash. Much of Cairo's ends up in a Coptic Christian enclave called Garbage City, where people recycle just about everything. Lately, they are getting help from a secret sourc...
US Green Card Lottery Under Threat Two years ago Rafiq-ul-Islam won a U.S. permanent resident visa through the Green Card Lottery and came to the United States from Bangladesh -- with little more than the clothing he owned and a dream of a better lif...
Nigeria Launches Airstrikes Against Militants Declaring a state of emergency in three northeastern states Tuesday, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan ordered security forces to take all necessary action. ?Whoever they may be, wherever they may go,...
Cleaning Vietnam Memorial Proves Healing for Veterans Under a newly-risen sun in Washington, D.C., a group of men and women are elbow deep in soapsuds. They are members of Rolling Thunder, a group dedicated to raising awareness about American prisone...
US Lawmakers Question Attorney General in Domestic Scandals President Obama is facing questions on two developing domestic scandals, and the pressure on top members of his Cabinet is beginning to heat up on Capitol Hill. Republican and Democratic law...
Green Card Lottery Faces Elimination Under US Immigration Reform Two years ago Rafiq-ul-Islam won a U.S. permanent resident visa through the Green Card Lottery and came to the United States from Bangladesh -- with little more than the clothing he own...
Syrian Strife Spilling Over, Infecting Region Videos from Syria being posted to the Internet show a now-familiar theme - a country ripping itself apart - neither side willing to give in. Syria's neighbors are reeling from the fallout and spillover......
Pakistans Future PM Described as 'Comeback Kid' Nawaz Sharif has been Pakistans prime minister twice before. Last time he was toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled. But now, after historic elections, some are calling the 63-year-old the...
Doctors Say Not All Women with Jolie Condition Need Preventive Mastectomies She's beautiful, glamorous, and known for being outspoken whether it's about refugees or women's rights. Angelina Jolie's decision to have both breasts surgically removed whe...
