Rising Jet Fuel Costs Send Airline Fares Soaring Airlines are bracing for a tough year as higher jet fuel prices put a squeeze on profits. In order to recoup higher fuel costs, air carriers are raising ticket prices on travelers, like Brian Blair. Ai...
World Bank Searches for New Leadership Nominations to replace Robert Zoellick, the latest in a long line of Americans to head the World Bank, are not being made public until top bank officials cut the list down to only three names. That will probably...
New York Suburb Claims to be More Irish Than Ireland To the people of McLean Avenue, an Irish enclave just north of New York City, Saint Patricks Day means Music.Food.Drink.Fun. Eileens Country Kitchen serves as an unofficial Irish headquarters. The...
After Long Delay Tim McGraw Releases 'Emotional Traffic' Emotional Traffic is Tim McGraws 11th studio album and his final release on Curb Records. Signed to Curb 20 years ago, Tim gave the label the tracks for his new album in late 2010. In May 2011,...
Eisenhower Memorial Design Debated Washington, D.C., is full of grand tributes to U.S. presidents who are judged to have made remarkable contributions to the nation and the world. They include monuments or memorials to George Washington, Thomas Jeffe...
World Bank Urges Greater HIV Prevention Efforts The World Bank says significantly better HIV prevention efforts are needed in Africa. It says a slow global economy and uncertain donor aid make preventing new infections a necessity. A new World Bank r...
Africa Major Player at World Water Forum African ministers say water is vital to improving health and economic development on the continent. Africa placed high on the agenda at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, France, March 12-17. Bai-Mas Taal...
Wounded Syrian Refugees Strain Jordan's Health Services Khalaf Rshaidat and Khaled Ghizawi have lived in this apartment provided by a Jordanian benefactor for the past two months. They say they fled Syria after being wounded by government troops and...
First Ladies Promote Children's Health, Olympics Since this year's Olympic Games are in London, Obama's British counterpart, Samantha Cameron, provided a natural tie-in, as the U.S. First Lady hosted a mini-Olympic competition with Washington-area ch...
'The Bricklayer' Details Iranian Exile Experience on Stage Even in last-minute rehearsals on a bare stage, the power of The Bricklayer's story comes through, as well as the sadness at its core. This opera tells of one family's suffering, the son exec...
Obama Says Diplomatic Window for Iran Nuclear Program Shrinking President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron say they will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Mr. Obama says Tehran has a stark choice. Tehran must understand that it...
Syria Conflict Reaches Far Beyond Its Borders From some angles, this road looks like it could be anywhere in the Middle East. But its not. It is Edgware Road in central London, a meeting point for some of the citys hundreds of thousands of Middle Eas...
Linking Conservation and Human Rights 美国慈善家捐助莫桑比克戈龙戈萨国家公园 An American entrepreneur says there is a link between conservation and human rights. Gregory Carr says thats why he pledged $40 million to rebuild Mozambi...
40-Year-Old US Law Still Provides Sports Opportunities for Girls At a recent Washington tournament, America's top high school girls' basketball teams did more than just play the game. They learned about a 40-year-old law that has helped many girls pu...
ICC Verdict Finds Lubanga Guilty of Using Child Soldiers After a trial lasting more than three years, involving more than 60 witnesses and more than a thousand items of evidence, the three judges of Chamber I at the International Criminal Court came...
