Liberian Diaspora Debates Reconstruction, Dual Citizenship Former Liberian foreign minister Olubanke King-Akerele, in a keynote speech, proposed a public-private sector partnership whereby Liberians abroad can set up businesses at home. But, she said...
Gerald Albright Teams Up with Norman Brown, on '24/7' Its a match made in smooth jazz heaven: saxophonist Gerald Albright and guitarist Norman Brown. Their first collaborative effoft, 24/7, features the song Keep It Moving. The duo first met in the 1...
Ramadan Lanterns Brighten Egyptians' Holy Month In the weeks leading up to Ramadan, vendors like Ahmed Abu Kamel start popping up in the markets and streets of Cairo selling fanous - or fawanees as they are called in the plural. Workers start manufac...
California Leads US in Restrictive Gun Laws There are few restrictions on owning guns in most U.S. states. Guns are widely used for hunting and sport, and for self-protection. California and several other states, including New York and Massachusetts,...
US Music Flop Emerges as Anti-Apartheid Anthem Segerman is talking about Rodriguez, a folk-rock troubadour from the American midwest city of Detroit who cut a couple of albums in the 1970s. But they flopped and he went on with his life. As Stockholm-...
South Sudan Wheelchair Basketball Team Hopes for Paralympics Berth Wheelchair-bound basketball players race around a court in the sweltering evening heat. The players bear the scars of the ravages of war and poverty: limbs lost to land mines and bomb...
Battling AIDS with Business Africas private sector is being asked to play a bigger role in fighting HIV/AIDS. The Gift from Africa initiative calls on businesses to invest in the continent by investing in health. The initiative was discussed at the 1...
Spearheading the Fight against HIV/AIDS A top official at UNAIDS says in the early days of the epidemic leaders emerged not from the highest levels of government, but from the grassroots level where the disease had struck the hardest. Paul De Lay spo...
Iraq Attacks Cloud Debate over Syria Intervention Workers clear rubble and twisted metal after a bomb attack in the town of Taji, north of Baghdad on Monday. The town's Sunni community was one of the worst hit with more than 40 people killed, as bomb...
High-Tech Edge Sharpens Olympic Games At the very first Olympic Games, in 1896, an American won a gold medal in the pole vault event after jumping 3.30 meters using a wooden pole. Four years ago in Beijing, an Australian won gold in the same event wi...
HIV Awareness Campaigns Paying Off A new survey shows that South African HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns have been a big success. Theres more testing, condom use and male circumcision. The findings were released Tuesday at the 19th International AIDS Co...
South Africa Studying Proposal to Legalize Rhino Trade According to the World Wildlife Fund, a record 448 rhinos were poached in 2011 and more than half that number already have been killed illegally so far this year. Pelham Jones, the chairman of So...
Performers and Politicians, Cheers and Chants at AIDS Conference HIV-positive singer Jamar Rogers commanded the stage, just as he did as a semifinalist on the popular U.S. singing competition television program, The Voice. But Rogers was not the only...
Syrian Refugees Struggle on Lebanese Border The men are clamoring for a signature on their ration cards. For them, it is the difference between feeding their families tonight, and not. The refugees here support the Syrian revolution, and they have fl...
Presidential Architecture Showcased in Virginia The next time you run into an American and have a moment to talk, ask him or her two quick questions. But first, set the scene: You want that American to picture the green Virginia countryside, near the...
