Optimism Over Euro Crisis Eases Market Pressure Eurozone finance ministers had a spring in their step Friday as they gathered in Cyprus for talks on the debt crisis as market pressure eases on the single currency. Spain - whose debt threatens the who...
Man Who Found California Gold Died Broke Imagine that youre John Sutter, and youre in luck. But not necessarily good luck. First, some background: You may have heard of the San Francisco 49ers, a professional American football team. Its name is taken...
Scientists Seek HIV Vaccine Using Monkey Model Traditional vaccine methods have been unsuccessful in preventing infection by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. New techniques are being studied to boost antibodies or other parts of the immune system. Bu...
Italian Entrepreneurs Turn to Chinese for Help When Renato Bianchi founded the company in the late 1960s the Italian economy was booming. Over the next four decades his company grew from a handful to about 160 employees. But when the global economic...
Pakistani Woman Makes It Big as New York Chef Fatima Ali is the sous - or assistant - chef at the famous Caf Centro in Midtown Manhattan. She is also one of the very few Pakistani women to graduate from Americas top culinary institute, the Culinary I...
US Muslim Leaders Condemn Violent Protests in Libya, Egypt The violence in Benghazi and Cairo has shocked Americans -- including American Muslims. A group of U.S. Muslim leaders joined other clergy at the National Press Club here in Washington on Wed...
Mideast Protests Spark Debate Over Free Speech, Religion The attacks on U.S. missions in Libya, Egypt and Yemen highlight how easily passions against the nominal ally of those countries can be ignited. An obscure, crudely-made American video mocking...
Tensions Rising Again Over Irans Nuclear Program The United States is moving significant military firepower to the Persian Gulf and is increasing the number of fighter planes that could strike deep into Iran if the country moves to build a nuclear bo...
Turkey Shifts Syrian Refugees from Borders The Kilis camp next to Turkeys border with Syria is home to almost 12,000 refugees. The visit by U.N. refugee special envoy and Hollywood star Angelina Jolie put the refugees plight back in the headlines - b...
Pope Visits Lebanon Amidst Turbulent Time for Arab Christians Preparations are underway for a visit by the Pope to the small, religiously diverse nation of Lebanon, home to 18 official sects. Christians have lived in these lands for some 2,000 years,...
Suicide Bombers Target New Somali President Three suicide bombers attacked a hotel Wednesday in downtown Mogadishu where newly-elected Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was meeting with a delegation from the Kenyan foreign ministry. At least sev...
Romney Adviser Discusses Foreign Policy Plans Middle East Romney has said his first foreign trip as president would be to Israel. During his visit there in July, he lashed out against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The dictator in Damascus, no fri...
Somalis in US Optimistic About Changes Back Home After taking office this week, Mohamud said he is ready to lead. The former professor and longtime civil society activist defeated incumbent Sharif Sheikh Ahmed by a legislative vote of 190 to 79 votes...
South Sudan's Aid Workers Concerned About Flood of Sudanese Refugees At a watering point in Yusuf Batil camp in South Sudan, some of the 35,000 residents make the daily trek to fill jerry cans for washing, cooking and cleaning. To get about half the...
Somalias New President Faces Humanitarian Challenges Somalias new President Hassan Sheikh Mahamud takes office during an easing of the humanitarian crisis in his country. But a top humanitarian official warns there are many problems yet to be resolve...
