Better Development through Education The Global Partnership for Education has launched a three-year effort to put 25 million children in the classroom for the first time and train 600 thousand teachers. It calls education one of the most important in...
American Girl Doll Store Sells Innocence and Mothers Are Buying This week Americans charge into one of the busiest shopping weeks of the year, picking up final Christmas gifts as the December 25 holiday fast approaches. Reports about retail sales hav...
Hearing Aid Common in Europe Turns Up Volume in US More than 10 percent of Americans have some form of hearing loss. Even with a hearing aid, deciphering sounds in places like airports, theaters and places of worship can be tough. However, a not-so-n...
New Breast Cancer Treatment Shows Great Promise There's some promising news about breast cancer treatment. In clinical trials at Johns Hopkins Cancer Center in Baltimore, Maryland, doctors report they successfully pumped cancer-fighting medicine dire...
Gift-Givers Find Paradise in 'Big Apple' New York is known as the city that never sleeps, and during the busy holiday season, many locals and tourists alike are descending on the Big Apple to take in its sights and sounds, and perhaps find the perfec...
Foragers Sample Nature's Bounty Today, most Americans get their food from the supermarket, but some are even going beyond farmers markets or backyard gardens for fresh produce. They're learning how to forage for wild edibles. Earth Connection, about...
Police Beat Protesters as Clashes in Cairo Continue Cairo reporter Edward Yeranian tells us about the scene in Tahrir Square, where he was briefly caught between police and protesters. Clashes between Egyptian police and stone-throwing protesters hav...
Charities Get Creative to Attract Donors December is traditionally a season of giving but the current economic downturn has some U.S. nonprofits getting creative to inspire contributions from donors - and that means everything from banding together t...
Hotel Magnate Sees Bright Future for Hospitality The man credited with turning his father's soda stand into a global hotel business is stepping down after 39 years running Marriott International. The change at the top of the company (announced this w...
Turkey Playing Increasing Role in Iraq The U.S. secretary of defense is visiting NATO ally Turkey. He arrived in the Turkish capital, Ankara, after attending a withdrawal ceremony Thursday in Bagdad of American troops all of whom are due to leave by...
START Treaty Ushered in New Nuclear Era 1991 was the year that U.S.-Soviet strategic relations took a historic turn. And in that same year, as the Soviet Union dissolved, a special program to collect and lock up the former Soviet Union's nuclear arse...
India Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Economic Slowdown As India struggles with an economic slowdown, the central bank has decided to hold interest rates steady. A series of aggressive rate hikes in the last 18 months have been partly blamed for dam...
UN Warns Against Land Degradation A top U.N. advisor said on Friday that every minute, 23 hectares of land are degraded by drought and desertification. He said its damaging the economic, social and environmental pillars needed for sustainable develop...
Kenyan Artwork Growing in International Popularity Long overlooked on the international arts scene, Kenya is finally gaining prestige on the world stage. Some artists can now make their living entirely from artwork and collectors are coming from arou...
Controversy Surrounds Muslim-American Reality TV Show A new controversy over Islam has arisen in the United States, this time over a reality TV show that profiles Muslim Americans and a home improvement chain's decision to pull its advertising from t...
