In this image taken from the Free Gaza Movement website 28 May 2010, one of the Turkish ships taking part in the 'Freedom Flotilla' is seen docked prior to heading for the shores off the Gaza Strip in this recent but undated photo We have only one ai...
The Everglades on a rainy afternoon present a lush picture of tranquility. Of course, you can't see the mosquitoes here. Recently, in a story about the Okefenokee swamp that straddles the Florida-Georgia state line. We noted that it's a true swamp, u...
An organization in the United States is helping girls maintain a healthy lifestyle and build self esteem. Girls on the Run uses running to encourage girls from 8 to 13 to stay in physical shape. The group also holds after school sessions where girls...
Washington, DC is known for some of the worst public schools in the United States. Most of the students who attend the city schools are black. Many come from poverty and perform poorly in reading and math. Steve Park, a South Korean immigrant who liv...
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is looming over the seafood industry. Prices are going up and the crisis could lead to more imported seafood in the coming months. But some people are questioning the safety of imported seafood. Lasting impact Tom...
There are no reliable estimates of exactly how much oil has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico since the April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil platform. The fatal disaster sank the rig and left its 1600-meter-deep well gushing plumes of cru...
Amnesty International interim Secretary-General Claudio Cordone holds copy of 2010 Human Rights report There is still no scarcity of poverty and human degradation around the world. But Amnesty International says in its latest annual human rights repo...
NATO's top commander, Admiral James Stavridis, is visiting Afghanistan after announcing a restructuring of NATO forces before a planned offensive in the country's south aimed at eliminating the Taliban's presence and influence. Stavridis is also revi...
South Korean Navy Patrol Combat Corvettes stage an anti-submarine exercise at off the western coast town of Taean, 27 May 2010 In a sharp escalation of tensions with South Korea, North Korea says it is discarding military procedures the two sides hav...
South Korean protesters in Seoul club an inflatable effigy of North Korea's Kim Jong Il, 27 May 2010 Tensions have been rising over the past month on the Korean peninsula since the sinking of South Korean naval vessel, the Cheonan. An international i...
For 15-year-old John Omary holding a crocodile was something he never imagined he would do The African Fund for Endangered Wildlife in Kenya hosts a program that enables children from underprivileged backgrounds to visit conservation sites around the...
Images taken by manned spacecraft, robotic space probes Susan Logue Koster | Washington, DC 26 May 2010 Europa (upper right) is one of Jupiter's moons. Jupiters Great Red Spot (left) is a vast cyclonic storm system about two times the size of Earth....
More than 600 from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan lie in section 60 of the Arlington National Cemetery The last Monday in May is Memorial Day in the United States, a day of remembrance for the country's military war dead. This year's observance com...
The director of US National Parks says more than 40 parks and wildlife refuges on the Gulf of Mexico could be affected by the BP oil spill. He said there is no clear end to the spill at this point but he downplayed the potential impact when the slick...
Thousands of additional American forces are heading into southern Afghanistan, part of the troop surge that President Barack Obama has deployed to help end the Taliban-fuelled insurgency. Already, U.S. and coalition troops are increasing pressure in...
