New congressional funding will help states keep close to 140,000 teachers and thousands more police and public service employees in their jobs. The economic downturn in the United States had forced authorities to lay off many educators at the end of...
President Barack Obama speaks after signing the Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010 at the White House, 11 Aug. 2010 President Obama says it is essential for the United States to import less and export more. We will rebuild this economy stronger th...
US President Barack Obama, left, and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, right, shake hands at a press conference after signing the newly completed New START treaty reducing long-range nuclear weapons at the Prague Castle, 8 Apr 2010 The New Str...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi at the Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, 25 May 2010 Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says bilateral ties with the United States are on the mend after months of tensions. Mr. Meles promised a wholesale governme...
Artificial intelligence may soon control robots performing routine medical procedures Smitha Raghunathan | Washington, DC 10 August 2010 Photo: Sgt 1st Class Roger J. Mommaerts Jr./ US Army Doctors perform surgery using a robotic system. Doctors rout...
Here in the United States, the rate of obesity doubled over a span of 16 years. Americans continue to gain weight and it's having a negative impact on their quality of life, according to a new report. Poor eating habits and a lack of exercise are two...
Teaching fewer basics in a more indepth way, Singapore method encourages young minds to think mathematically Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 10 August 2010 Photo: Courtesy Scott Baldridge Scott Baldridge with a group of elementary school math teachers...
Having the opportunity to take on a diverse range of classes such as economics and chemistry along with her music studies is the perfect combination for Diane. Marsha James | Washington DC 10 August 2010 Oberlin Conservatory of Music Student Diane Ly...
A statue on Main Street in Enterprise, Alabama, features a woman holding a large, black boll weevil above her head. While many U.S. cities have suffered because of the recession, one town in the southern state of Alabama, has fared surprisingly well....
Muslim devotees take part in a special morning prayer to start their Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside the Baitul Ma'Mur Mosque in Brooklyn, New York, 20 Sep 2009 The Ramadan Effect: Muslim S...
The Islamic holy month of Ramadan is due to begin Wednesday across much of the Middle East and families are feverishly preparing for the event. However, economic troubles and an unusually hot summer are expected to make the annual event something of...
Butcher Haj Mohammed chops pieces of meat at his Halal butcher shop and wraps each carefully for his customers in in Paris's Muslim quarter Famed American chef, author and television personality Julia Child once called cooking in France a national sp...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, speaks with US Mideast envoy George Mitchell during their meeting at Abbas' office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 10 Aug 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama's point man in the Middle East is on a new peace...
US commander for Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, speaks at a press conference at the U.S. embassy in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq (File Photo) A recent wave of violence across Iraq is drawing more attention to the impending decrease in U.S. forces in that...
The Patriot missile defense system The question of missile defense is not addressed in the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), recently signed by the United States and Russia. But the issue remains contentious between Washington and Moscow....
