Liberian, Yemeni Women Awarded Nobel Peace Prize Two women from Liberia and one from Yemen were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Saturday for their efforts to peacefully bring change to their countries. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian...
Samasource Provides Jobs for Poor Via the Internet The World Bank says 1.3 billion of the world's seven billion people live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $1.25 a day. Aid organizations have long relied on charitable contributions to help...
Iranian Video Displays Alleged US Drone The Iranian government has complained to the United Nations about a U.S. spy drone it says was brought down over eastern Iran this week. Iran accuses the U.S. of violating Iranian airspace and has released vide...
2011 Nobel Prize Highlights Women's Role in Peacemaking Africa's first elected female head of state, a Liberian peace activist, and a human rights activist from Yemen are the three female winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. When they received t...
Most EU Countries Accept New Fiscal Deal Most members of the European Union agreed to a new deal Friday that is intended to address debt problems that have threatened the common euro currency and driven Europe into an economic crisis. The agreement i...
Eastern Congolese Opposition Join Forces to Protest Election The situation in The Democratic Republic of Congo remains unsettled following a refusal by the opposition to accept the re-election of the country's president. Competing opposition parties...
Durban Climate Conference Drags On With Few Signs of Progress The United Nations climate conference in Durban, South Africa has gone into overtime, as delegates met Saturday to try to reach agreement on several deals to fight climate change. Observer...
Video Shows US Hostage Alive One Year Ago Four years ago, American Bob Levinson disappeared mysteriously in Iran. Now, the family of the retired FBI agent has released a video it received in late 2010, showing him to be alive. The video was not relea...
US Soldiers Close Bases, Head Out of Iraq The U.S. military has almost completed the huge job of packing up all of its bases and equipment and moving out of Iraq. After almost nine years in Iraq, thousands of U.S. troops have already left the country...
US Troops Leave Iraq with Job Concerns For American troops leaving Iraq this month, there is a sense of relief but also worry about returning to civilian life and searching for jobs in a weak U.S. economy. U.S. troops along the Iraq-Kuwait border, wh...
US Troops Leave Iraq with Job Concerns For American troops leaving Iraq this month, there is a sense of relief but also worry about returning to civilian life and searching for jobs in a weak U.S. economy. U.S. troops along the Iraq-Kuwait border, wh...
US Travel Industry Caters to Chinese Tourists More and more people from China are traveling abroad as tourists. The number of Chinese travellers is growing so fast that Hilton Hotels hired the University of London's School of Oriental and African Stu...
'Holiday Season' Includes Secular Kwanzaa When Americans talk about the holiday season, its understood that this includes the Christian Christmas, the Jewish Hanukkah, and the secular New Years Day. But 45 years ago, a weeklong celebration joined the...
Social Scientists Rethink Role of City Big cities are vibrant hubs for culture and industry, or dirty, congested, impersonal crime-ridden warrens. As the world population surpasses seven billion, economists, environmentalists and social scientists ar...
Syrian Uprising Divides Syrians in Golan Heights The confrontation is growing bloodier in Syria between forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and supporters of a nine-month uprising against his government. The strife is also causing divisions amo...
