By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 May 2007 Man walks along oil pipelines belonging to Italian oil company Agip in Obrikom, Nigeria (File) The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, the most prominent armed group in Nigeria's oil-rich N...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 18 April 2007 Members of the European Parliament have gone before US Congress to defend the findings of a report criticizing the practice of extraordinary rendition, in which terrorist suspects have been transferred by U....
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 14 September 2006 watch Alzheimer report Researchers say it may soon be possible to scientifically diagnose Alzheimer's disease, without having to wait for autopsy confirmation after the patient has died. Clinical tri...
By Roger Hsu Mephis, Tennessee 17 August 2006 watch Museum report The National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis is devoted to the conservation and advancement of metalwork. It is a place where metal smiths become synonymous with artists and where...
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 29 May 2006 watch Gold Prices report Last week the price of gold on the New York Mercantile Exchange declined by 7 and a half percent, the most since 1990. By Wednesday of this week it was down again: 13 percent off fr...
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 24 May 2006 watch Melting Poles report NASA scientists, working with 10 years of satellite data, find a dramatic thinning of ice around the edges of Greenland, and Antarctica too. satellite view of earth Using satellite...
By Sabina Castelfranco Turin 12 February 2006 Francesco Storace gestures at a press conference in Rome, February 11, 2006 Italian veterinary officials were meeting Sunday, after the country's first co...
Touch Me Touch Me is a soliloquy(独白)composed by Hank Miller, about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. also known as The Wall. This monument is one of the most visited sites in the city of Washington. -----By Hank Miller (Califo...
Say you, say me - Say it for always That's the way it should be Say you, say me - Say it together naturally! I had a dream I had an awesome dream People in the park Playing games in the dark And what...
Whenever sang my songs On the stage, on my own Whenever said my words Wishing they would be heard I saw you smiling at me Was it real or just my fantasy You'd always be there in the corner Of this tin...