Aid Cuts Threaten Millennium Development Goals, Warns UN Margaret Gift has brought her son Simplicious for a check-up at a mobile health clinic in the remote village of Chikhwawa in Malawi. His diarrhea can be treated on the spot. Health workers say...
Numerous Encephalitis Cases Devastate North India In India every year, during the rainy monsoon season, hundreds of children die or become disabled, physically or mentally, after contracting Japanese encephalitis. Doctor K. P. Kushwaha is a senior pe...
Islamic Extremists Infiltrate Syrian Opposition An amateur video shows fighters with Ahar al-Sham, an Islamic jihadist group, that appear to be attacking a Syrian military personnel carrier. A fierce gun battle erupts. Another video by the group show...
Aung San Suu Kyi Meets American Burmese It was an unusual scene for Americans -- but traditional for Buddhists. To see Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on the ground, revering monks who chant a blessing of love and kindness. The activist met with the...
Traditional Stoves Detrimental to Heath, Environment in Nigeria Bola Abiola serves amala, a traditional Nigerian dish made of yam flour while smoke billows from the nearby outdoor kitchen. Like many Nigerian cooks, she does not know about the health...
Romney Attempts Campaign Reset Mitt Romney was in damage control mode as he tried to appeal to Hispanic voters on the Spanish language network Univision. So my campaign is about the 100 percent in America, and I am concerned about them. Im concerned...
US Elections Heat Up, China Trade Tensions Rise President Barack Obama and his opponent Mitt Romney are talking tough on trade with China. Earlier this week, Obama announced a new World Trade Organization case over Chinese automobile subsidies. He al...
Democrats, Republicans Battle Over Voter ID Laws A court battle over the state of Pennsylvania's controversial voter identification law is being seen as a proxy in the battle between Republicans and Democrats. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has asked...
Vietnamese-American Doctor Helps Rebuild Bodies, Lives To his patients at the Methodist Hospital of Houston, Doctor Tue Dinh is a miracle worker. Barbara Martinez came to him for help after surgery to fix a hernia left her with a painful and dangerou...
Order to Free Slaves 'Beginning of America Really Becoming America' It was a day of remembrance for those gathered at the footsteps of the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate 150 years since the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Congressman John Lew...
Feed the Soil, Feed the Crops If African farmers are going to feed the continent, they may first want to feed the soil. Studies show farmland is often depleted of vital nutrients. But researchers say a combination of organic farming methods may help....
Acid Attacks Continue in Cambodia Despite Harsher Punishments For Som Bunnarith, memories of the day acid violence changed his life forever are as vivid in his mind as the scars on his skin. When it splashed on me, it felt hot. It even burned through...
Pakistan Prisons' Mother-and-Infant Program Gets Mixed Reviews Mohib, aged five, has spent half his life in jail. His mother, a convicted murderer, brought her sons into prison with her two-and-a-half years ago. Sehar Bibi says her boys would rather...
Clinton to Push Tougher Syria Policy at UN World powers are divided over how to stop the violence in Syria - with Russia, China, and Iran supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - and the Gulf Arab states, Britain, France, and the United States b...
CPJ: Journalists Need New Ways to Stay Safe CPJ says the profession and the threats facing journalists have changed dramatically in the last decade. Digital technology allows a great many citizen journalists to be out in the field on their own, and m...
