By Sarah Williams 08 October 2009 Interview with Mike Parker Pearson, University of Sheffield, UK Download (MP3) Stonehenge British archeologists have found evidence of an ancient site related to the world-famous Stonehenge in southwest England. The...
By Stuart Cohen Sydney 08 October 2009 Southern Brown Tree Frog sits on a log in swampy lands near Melbourne, Australia (Sept 2009 file photo) Australia's frogs are having trouble finding love. Traffic noise and other sounds of city life, such as ai...
By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 08 October 2009 A premature infant getting specialized hospital assistance after birth A new study shows that more than a million babies die each year because they are born too soon, and that the highest rates of pr...
By Carolyn Weaver New York 08 October 2009 Some of the semifinalists in the Young Scientists Competition Middle-school students from around the United States visited New York City recently for the final competition in the 11th annual Discovery Educa...
By Mil Arcega Washington 08 October 2009 Gold coins and bars (file photo) The gold rush continues as the price for the precious metal climbed to new heights this week. Inflation fears and worries about the weak U.S. dollar sent the price of gold soa...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 08 October 2009 A worker adjusts goods inside the newly inaugurated first Wal-Mart store in Amritsar, India, 30 May 2009 As India's economy begins to recover from the impact of the global financial crisis, companies have...
By Michael Bowman Washington 08 October 2009 The U.S. economy is showing modest but welcome signs of life in employment and retail sales, adding to expectations of recovery from the longest and deepest recession of the post-World War II era. The num...
By Fid Thompson Dakar 08 October 2009 Mobile banking has already taken off in Southern and Eastern Africa. Sierra Leone is now one of the few West African countries with a service providing mobile phone transactions. Across West Africa, the yellow a...
By Selah Hennessy London 08 October 2009 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says major investment needs to be made in developing world agriculture. The FAO says that with rapid population growth and changing diets, agricultural pro...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 October 2009 Child rights advocates have kicked off more than a month of global activities leading up to the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention, which was adopted by the U.N. Gener...
By Edward Yeranian Cairo 08 October 2009 Iran's Revolutionary Court has sentenced an opposition activist to death, in the first such verdict since trials of opposition supporters began in August. Monarchist Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani is to be hanged f...
By Alan Boswell Nairobi 08 October 2009 Former UN Sec. General Kofi Annan(R) leaves the offices of Kenyan Pres. Mwai Kibaki (unseen) in Nairobi on 05 Oct 2009 Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan warned late Wednesday of a crisis of confidence in Kenya's le...
By Gary Thomas Washington 08 October 2009 Glasse report Download (WM) US Soldiers in Afghanistan As the situation in Afghanistan grows more deadly and complex, the Obama administration finds itself confronted with difficult questions over strategy a...
By Vidushi Sinha Washington. 08 October 2009 Anders Fogh Rasmussen (file photo) NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen is urging European member states to contribute more to the Afghan mission. His appeal in Brussels Wednesday comes as the Obama administr...
By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo, Egypt 08 October 2009 A prominent Egyptian editor faces disciplinary charges for meeting with Israel's ambassador. An inquiry by her colleagues is set for the coming days, and is expected to highlight the clash between pol...
