NSA Leaks Could Be Significant The man who says he was behind the NSA leaks, contractor Edward Snowden, has inspired some and angered others, including U.S. House Speaker John Boehner on ABC News. He is a traitor. The disclosure of this information p...
Little Real Choice for Iranians in Presidential Poll Irans presidential candidates have appeared in several debates. Controls on who can run have severely limited the scope of opinions on key issues, however, such as Irans nuclear program and its neg...
Iranian Poll Looms Amid Conflict, Isolation Syria's brutal civil war forms the regional backdrop for Iran's presidential election. Analysts say the recent fall of the town of Qusair to Syrian government forces - aided by their Hezbollah allies from L...
World Class Pianists Vie for Van Cliburn Prize FORT WORTH, TEXAS A 26 year old from Ukraine has won one of music's most prestigious competitions. Vadym Kholodenko took home top honors after a series of masterful performances at the Van Cliburn Intern...
Soaring College Costs Prompt Concern From Students, Economists Joshua Jordan earned a doctorate degree in physical therapy. He hopes to open his own practice someday, and says having the expensive graduate degree is good for his patients - but hard o...
Students Invent Water Purification Disc The lab operates like a kitchen. They add several ingredients. Then they mix, weigh, press and bake them. What's created is called a MadiDrop - a ceramic disc infused with silver. When dropped in water, silver...
Privacy Rights Advocates Praise NSA Contractor Who Exposed US Surveillance Program To many who support increased security even at the cost of some personal privacy, Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor who exposed vast government s...
Graying Candidates Take Center Stage in Iran's Election The consensus favorite, according to most analysts, is Saeed Jalili. Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, he comes with a reputation for taking a hard line with the West. We seek to expand the influ...
Global Health Faces Big Industry Challenges The 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion is underway in Helsinki, Finland. The meeting focuses on how public policy can meet the health challenges of a growing and changing global population. WHO Direc...
New Learning Platform Focuses on Non-State Education It said the release of the platform comes at a time when education systems globally face unprecedented challenges as they are pushed beyond getting every child into school, to ensuring a high-quali...
Washington Week: Focus on Immigration There is widespread agreement within the United States that the U.S. immigration system is flawed. Senators this week will debate a bill that seeks to comprehensively overhaul that system. The bipartisan bill wou...
US Civil Rights Leader Honored 50 Years After His Assassination Fifty years ago Medgar Evers was fighting for equal rights for African Americans in Mississippi. Myrlie Evers worked by her husband's side. She says his goal was to wipe out discriminati...
US Evangelicals Call on Congress to Pass Immigration Reform Among the groups supportive of immigration reform are Nuns on the Bus, currently on a nation-wide tour. They drew a lot of attention last year campaigning against a Republican budget plan. S...
Obama Defends Secret Surveillance Programs Obama put forward his defense of the secret surveillance programs when asked by a reporter during a health care event in California. My assessment and my team's assessment was that they help us prevent terro...
Obama, Xi Meet in California As the presidents began their first session, Obama assured Xi that the United States welcomes the peaceful rise of China as a world power. It is in the United States' interests that China continues on the path of success,...
