Business School Prize Promotes Global Water Strategies About one billion people on earth do not have access to adequate or clean water supplies. More people die each year of water-borne illnesses, such as dysentery and cholera, than are killed in war...
Venus, Serena Williams Hold Clinic for Washington Youth U.S. tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams - both multi-Grand Slam title winners - have not played competitively recently because of various injuries and ailments. They have continued, though,...
Wedding Celebrations Held in Streets Across Britain For those not lucky enough to get an invitation to the royal wedding itself, there were thousands of street parties across Britain on Friday. With the day declared a public holiday, many people dres...
Uganda Protesters Clash With Police Over Opposition Leader's Arrest Riots have broken out in Kampala after the fourth arrest of opposition leader Kizza Besigye. According to reports, there have been confrontations between rioters and Ugandan police a...
Injection Drug Use Helps Drive HIV/AIDS in Africa Injection drug use has long been a driving factor in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. But now, there are signs it's a growing problem in sub-Saharan Africa, as well. The Washi...
Laos to Hold Legislative Elections Laos goes to the polls Saturday to elect representatives to its legislative branch, known as the National Assembly. On paper it is a body of lawmakers chosen by and for the people. But analysts say in reality, the r...
Smile, Youre on a Candid Speed Camera This is NOT a birdhouse! In a familiar old-time movie scene, a policeman on a motorcycle hides behind a billboard, waiting to roar out, siren wailing, after a driver who's speeding past. In the 1950s, car-mounted...
Treatments Proven Effective in Studies, Work in Real Life Too Evidence-based medicine means just what it says - treatments that have been shown in scientific studies to work. But studies are one thing - do these treatments work as well in real-world...
Roman Catholic Church Set to Beatify Pope John Paul II The Roman Catholic Church will beatify the late Pope John Paul II in Rome on Sunday. The ceremony is an important milestone on the road to Catholic sainthood for one of the most popular pontiffs...
Brothers Rediscover Community Living on Recycled Bikes Noah and Tim HussinTwo brothers are riding across the country on bicycles made of recycled parts, in search of Americans reviving a lost sense of local community. One of them is a writer, the oth...
Death Toll From US Tornados Rises to at Least 292 U.S. authorities say the number of people killed in a series of tornadoes and thunderstorms across the southern United States has risen to at least 292, making it the country's deadliest tornado outbr...
Bluesman Tab Benoit Offers 'Medicine' for the Soul We've all heard that old saying music is medicine for the soul. Bluesman Tab Benoit took that advice to heart and named his latest album Medicine. The singer and guitarist Tab Benoit reveals his ever...
Child Soldiers Return to Congolese Wars Since 2003, tens of thousands of children have been removed from warring militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Boys and girls return from the bush traumatized, isolated, uneducated and too old to go bac...
It's Time for New Orleans Jazz Fest The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is back for its 42nd season (4/29-5/1 and 5/5-5/8), and the word is come early and stay late. The good news is Jazz Fest 2011 is not sold out. Matter of fact, Jazz Fest ne...
New York Bay Cleanup Focuses on Hindu Ritual Items The sound of gentle waves and the call of wild shorebirds are normally all you can hear on the shores of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, an oasis of nature just a few kilometers from the bustling urban...
