Small Businesses Offer Taste of Economic Growth A flurry of upbeat reports show a U.S. economy recovering from the worst recession in decades and headed for expansion. But this week's improved figures for housing, jobs, rising stock prices and modest...
Putin's Challengers Seek Attention With TV Ads Vladimir Zhirinovsky is running for president of Russia for the fifth time since 1991. In his TV ads, he whips a stubborn donkey. He shouts: This lousy little donkey is a symbol of our country. The Carne...
Syrian University Town Could Hold Key to End to Conflict Aleppo is a major port close to Turkey. It's Syria's economic center. Here, the business elite support the government of President Bashar al-Assad. We trust that he's going to do some good stuf...
In Whitney Houston's Hometown, Fans Pay Tribute Outside the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, fans and friends left messages, flowers and other outpourings to say goodbye and thank you to the star. Scribbled notes said her voice had brought goose bu...
New Alzheimer's Research Raise Hope for Treatment, Cure Scientists working to unravel the mysteries of Alzheimer's disease are excited by two recent studies. Both provide important new insights on how the disease spreads through the brain. Guy Eakin...
Syria Human Rights Investigation Mired in Politics After a week of heavy shelling, there is still no end to the violence in the Syrian city of Homs. The death toll continues to rise, and some human rights activists accuse President Bashar al-Assad's...
US Senators Warn Latin America on Iran Ties Irans increasingly isolated regime retains friends in Latin America, most notably Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. U.S. Democratic Senator Robert Menendez had a stern message for the region. Unfortunately,...
Gloom Creeps Across Europe as Greece, Others Struggle Another day, another protest in Greece, where anger is giving way to hopelessness. It is unfair, it is a mistake, to put an end to social support in Greece, because this will end up being applied...
Challenges Remain for Kosovo, Four Years After Declaring Independence When Prime Minister Hashim Thaci read Kosovo's declaration of independence, in 2008, there were fears that independence would have destabilizing effects on the region. So far, thos...
India Holds Large-Scale Drill for a Potential Disaster By the time the sirens sounded all around New Delhi, two months planning had been completed. In nine different parts of the city, rescue workers simulated a 7.2 magnitude earthquake 275 kilometer...
Fighting Poverty, Protecting Women from HIV Financially empowering young women in poor countries may help protect them against sexually transmitted diseases. A new study shows that addressing poverty can help prevent risky behavior. Poverty, a lack o...
Uganda's 'Daily Monitor' Editor: Threat to Gay Rights a Threat to National Justice 威胁同性恋者的权利即威胁国际正义 JOSELOW: First of all, the title of your article is 'Those Who Go After Gays and Sex Workers Will One Day Go After Tea...
NASA Reflects on Past, Plans for Mars U.S. astronaut John Glenn first orbited the Earth 50 years ago on February 20, 1962. And when he returned, an adoring public greeted him, along with a burgeoning U.S. space program that propelled men to the moon...
President Obama Urges Tax Cut Extension to Boost US Economy With Americas fragile economic recovery appearing to gain momentum, U.S. President Barack Obama has a simple message: keep it going. The last thing we need is for Washington to stand in the...
US Republican Candidate Debates Define Positions These presidential contenders share a common love for America, but not for each other. In the 15 years after he left the speakership [of the House of Representatives], the Speaker [Newt Gingrich] has b...
