Americans Avoid Being the 'Middle' Man You probably missed The New York Times photograph that showed a revealing picture of New Yorkers' rides into work on commuter trains. The photographer stood behind a long series of rows, three seats to a row. In...
Fukushima Farmers Worry About Region's Brand With the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant set to continue through most of this year, many people in the region are worried about the long-term impact on the Fukushima brand. Nowhere can...
Ivory Coast Confronts Issues of Immigrant Identity The new government of Ivory Coast comes to power in a country divided by years of often-violent debate about what it means to be Ivorian. Founding father Felix Houphouet-Boigny offered work to thousa...
Lib yan Opposition Seeks to Build Self-Styled Government With fighting between opposition forces in Libya and forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in its third month (on April 17th), the rebels have begun to take steps to govern and administ...
Ouattara Moves to Restore Security to Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara is moving to restore security in Ivory Coast one week after his country's political crisis ended with the arrest of former president Laurent Gbagbo. Mr. Gbagbo held on to p...
World Bank Discusses High Food Prices Global food prices have risen by 36 percent in the past year, according to figures released this week by the World Bank. The Bank hosted its spring meetings in Washington this week, where it called on policymaker...
Japan Still Struggling to Control Crippled Nuclear Plant Small and peaceful anti-nuclear protests continue to be staged in Japan. The demonstrations are being held as troubles continue at and around the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in the northeas...
Russians Protest Corruption, a Hot Election Year Issue Two anti-corruption rallies were held Saturday afternoon in Moscow. Russians turned out on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Moscow for two rival protests against corruption, the top issue on voters...
Bionic Arm Can Move, Feel Scientists are developing an entirely new type of prosthetic arm and hand that allows a patient to regain not only movement, but also the sense of touch. American soldiers who have lost limbs in the wars in Afghanistan and I...
Thorny Issues Surround Military Terror Tribunal at Guantanamo The Obama Administration recently reversed a decision about the trial venue for alleged 9/11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. He and four alleged co-conspirators now face justice in a m...
Life for Residents in Opposition-Held Libya Calm But Anxious The fighting in Libya has devastated coastal cities in the central part of the country, but life in parts of the rebel-controlled east has settled into some measure of uneasy calm. It is ma...
MRI Sees Brain Atrophy Years Before Alzheimer's Symptoms Memory loss and mental confusion are the first overt signs of Alzheimer's Disease, an incurable and fatal brain ailment. But scientists are starting to find evidence of the disease long before...
NATO Asks Other Members to Do More in Libya NATO foreign ministers wrapped up two days of talks in Berlin still divided on ways of intensifying the air campaign on Libya. NATO foreign ministers offered a show of unity in calling for the departure of...
Unrest Engulfs Parts of Middle East After Friday Prayers Large demonstrations were reported in over half a dozen Syrian cities Friday, as opponents of the government demanded more freedom and called on the government to release political prisoners. L...
Smithsonian Celebrates Jazz Appeciation Month It's April and time once again to celebrate one of America's greatest treasures, jazz with the 10th anniversary of Jazz Appreciation Month. Jazz took a giant step forward when pianist Mary Lou Williams pe...
