UN: Dont Let Our Future Dry Up June 17 is World Day to Combat Desertification. In 1992, the Rio Earth Summit described desertification as one of the greatest challenges to development. This years theme is drought and water scarcity. Water covers most...
Most US Retailers Choose Not to Sign Bangladesh Factory Accord The factory fell just days after it was considered unsafe, but employees were told to come to work anyway. U.S. Congressman George Miller, a long-time advocate for garment workers rights,...
Companies Try Natural Gas to Fuel Vehicles HOUSTON, TEXAS While many Americans want to reduce both pollution and energy costs, the nation's automobile-based transportation system undermines these goals by being largely dependent on petroleum. But in...
Washington Week: Focus on Syria, Immigration Reform President Barack Obama attends the G-8 forum days after the United States announced it will provide military aid to Syrian rebels. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said, We have steadily...
Political Cartoons Help Iranians View Election With Sense of Humor For many Iranians, the presidential campaign played out on television - one candidate after another explaining their positions on the issues. While it didn't make for compelling viewi...
Violence in Thailand's Deep South Escalates as Peace Talks Take Place In Thailand's deep south, it's common to see men in uniform at local schools. But unlike at institutions in the West, the men are often heavily armed. Early this year, instructors...
Small Illinois Town Gets Boost From New Superman Movie Plano Mayor Bob Hausler said, I would say a great Midwestern small town, and we epitomize that. Hausler was in charge of the city's government in 2011 when a Hollywood production company came to...
US Experts Call for Debate on National Security, Civil Liberties The controversy has caused outrage - with critics claiming there is too much government overreach, that it goes too far and is too intrusive. Frank Sesno, director of the George Washing...
Warm Ocean Accelerating Antarctic Ice Loss The study is the first comprehensive survey of all the Antarctic ice shelves, which are the 1.5 million square kilometers that fringe much of the frozen continent. Lead author Eric Rignot, a professor at the...
Reaction Mixed to US Move on Syria The fighting has raged in Syria for two years, and the United Nations says more than 93,000 people have been killed. But the deaths of about 100 of them have changed the strategic situation. The U.S. government anno...
Child Soldiers Detained Mali A human rights group says children recruited as soldiers and those believed to have ties with armed groups are being illegally detained in Mali. Amnesty International says they are being held alongside adults, and some cl...
Pentagon Weighs Type of Arms to Give Syrian Rebels They are options that Pentagon planners have been working on for almost as long as the conflict in Syria. With Assad's forces gaining ground and confirmation they have used chemical weapons, the U.S....
G8 Leaders Meet on Economy, Syria The leaders will meet at this isolated lakeside resort in Northern Ireland. They will have two days of quality time, far from demonstrations like those in London by self-proclaimed anti-capitalists, and far from any...
Effort Under Way to Expand US Parks, Playgrounds At the Environmental Charter Middle School in the Los Angeles community of Gardena, several hundred volunteers are building a play area, sanding down benches, putting up swings and slides, and adding a...
Syria, Surveillance Issues Await Obama at G8, Berlin While the G8 is normally considered an economic summit, this years gathering at a resort in Northern Ireland will address the bloodshed in Syriaand whether eight of the worlds most influential coun...
