Weighty 'Hunger Games' Hits Mark Its rare that people sacrifice for one another, but Katniss Everdeen adores her little sister, who she has cared for her since their father died in the coal mines. When her sister is selected for the games, Katniss vo...
BRICS Push for Political Clout Brazil and three other large developing nations caught the atttention of a Goldman Sachs economists more than a decade ago, prompting him to preeict they had the key ingredients for powerful economic growth. These so-ca...
US Soldier Charged in Connection to Afghan Massacre Bales now faces 17 counts of pre-mediated murder and a possible death sentence. He heard the formal charges on Friday. The case stems from the killing of 17 villagers in Kandahar province on March 1...
Charity Workers Say Time Running Out to Help South Sudan Refugees More than 100,000 refugees have fled conflict in Sudans war-torn border states. Since June, just weeks before the country split, they sought refuge in the newly-independent south. But...
Economists Say Steep Challenges Await Next Administration Under my administration, America is producing more oil today than at any time in the last eight years, said Obama. Since the president [Obama] has been president, the cost of gasoline has doub...
Former Somali President Yusuf Dies at 77 Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed spent a lifetime fighting. He famously led an attempt to overthrow Somali President Mohammed Siad Barre in 1978, but failed, fled to Kenya and then to Ethiopia. There, he formed a rebel f...
Global Fund and Big Business Partner against AIDS As donor countries tighten budgets to reduce debt, organizations like the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria are feeling the effects. The fund announced last November it would not make any new...
Report: Women Farmers Denied Equal Rights A humanitarian group says if women farmers had the same rights as men much more could be done to reduce world hunger. Bread for the World says equal access to agricultural resources would help ensure food sec...
Lawrence's Star Rises in 'The Hunger Games' In a distant future, to commemorate an uprising quelled by the government, children from the rebellious districts are chosen as tributes who battle to the death in a broadcast for the entertainment of the w...
Graham Colton Releases 'Pacific Coast Eyes' Oklahoma native Graham Colton started off with dreams of a football career, leading his high school to the state championship in 1998. But even then, much of his time was spent playing music. Music has alwa...
Genome Shows Humans More Gorilla-like than Thought Sixty scientists worked over five years to sequence the genome of a single female lowland gorilla, the last of the great apes to have its DNA mapped. According to lead author Aylwyn Scally, of the Tr...
Occupy Movement Seeks Renewed Physical Presence This is god our park! This is our park! The real peoples park! Its a real public park, screamed a protester. This impassioned Occupy Wall Street protester recently denounced New York police as bullies f...
US Wants Iraq to Block Iran Weapons Sales to Syria Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is one of the last major suppliers of military intelligence and weapons to embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. U.S. officials say Iran's support for the...
Opposing Approaches Will Determine Senegal's Second-Round Vote Since winning the right to face the incumbent in the second round, Macky Sall has held large rallies throughout the country in a populist appeal for votes. Young people, carpenters, mecha...
Obama to Pursue Nuclear Safety, Security, Nonproliferation at Summit Keeping the world's nuclear weapons under control and out of the hands of terrorists are top goals for more than 50 leaders who will gather in the South Korean capital. They hope to...
