Paris Exhibit Captures Mandela's Journey In front of Paris city hall sits a bleak reminder of South Africa's apartheid regime. It's a reproduction of the Robben Island prison cell where Mandela spent 18 years in captivity. It's part of an exhibition...
Rights Group: Prosecute Alleged Arms Dealer A human rights group is calling on Sierra Leonean authorities to investigate a suspected arms dealer. U.N. investigators have alleged Ibrahim Bah supplied arms to rebels during Sierra Leones civil war. The...
Obama Africa Trip is Effort to Re-engage With Continent Obama has spent less than 24 hours in sub-Saharan Africa, an all-too short visit to Ghana in 2009. He spoke to Ghana's parliament about democracy, opportunity and peaceful resolution of conflict...
John Denver Tribute Links Musicians from Various Genres, Generations The musicians include southern rockers My Morning Jacket, who cover Leaving On A Jet Plane. The 10-piece alternative band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros reinterprets Wooden In...
Syria Conflict Exposes Old Rivalries at G8 Summit Intense gun battles rage in the heart of Damascus and Aleppo on the same day that G8 leaders gather in Northern Ireland. The gulf of disagreement on how to end the fighting appears to be widening. Chr...
North Korea Offers Direct Talks with US North Korea says it is offering direct talks to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula. The United States says North Korea must first meet its international obligations to end its nuclear program. North Korea mu...
Some Aid Programs in Sahel Prefer Cash to Food It's market day in the village of Sadio, but it is also payday for these 800 beneficiaries of Catholic Relief Service's Yokkut program. Yokkut means resilience in the local Wolof language. By paying part...
US-EU Set to Pursue Trade Deal, Possibly Worlds Biggest British Prime Minister David Cameron stood with U.S. President Barack Obama and European Union leaders to make the announcement. We are talking about what could be the biggest bilateral trade de...
Congress Debates Limiting US Farmers' Role in Food Aid When starvation looms, speed is critical. But while the U.S. provides more emergency food aid than any other country, speed is not what it does best. Andrew Natsios witnessed this shortcoming fir...
US Agriculture Industry Opposes Changes to Food Aid Program Plano, Illinois, farmer Bill Wykes has been behind the wheel of a tractor for almost four decades, planting and harvesting corn and soybeans on land his family has owned even longer. Through...
Obama to Visit Senegal Amid Growing Sahel Terror Threat France blitzed into Mali in January with air strikes and 4,000 ground troops to push back a southern offensive by al-Qaida affiliates still active in the Sahel-Sahara region. There are no indica...
Berlin Program Helps Minorities Enter Workforce Ayse is a Turkish-German Berliner employed by the city. She found her job through Berlin Needs You At the program's recent annual meeting, counselors said they'd hit a milestone - 25 percent of new hire...
Hope for Change in Iran Tempered With Caution Supporters of the new president-elect marched through the streets of Tehran to celebrate. Rowhanis election on the first ballot, with more than 50 percent of the vote, surprised many experts. On Monday, R...
Egyptian Support for Syrian Rebels Still Words Over Action Syria's civil war has increasingly drawn in outsiders, from individual fighters to regional and international powers lining up on opposing sides. Egypt recently has stepped up its role, but t...
Iran's Rowhani Promises New Era President-elect Hassan Rowhani took to the podium to make clear his victory represents a new era, hinting at a new start with world powers, including the United States. The issue of relations between Iran and America i...
