Indias Jobless Hit Hard by Lagging Economy Evidence of Indias slowing economy can be seen from local car dealerships - where auto sales are set to decrease for the first time in 10 years - to job training workshops where unemployed young people like...
Cypriots Wait and Worry As Default Looms At a shop in Nicosia, flowers are in bloom. But the spirits of those who work there are wilting. We have a problem when the banks are closed. It's like we are the living dead. We can't make any withdrawals, we...
Lebanese NGO Collaborates with Religious Leaders to Combat Domestic Abuse Samah al Turk lives in a one-bedroom apartment with her four daughters, her mother and her sister. The oldest daughter is 12, the youngest, five. Their father is absent from th...
Anti-US Accusations in Venezuela Seen as Campaign Rhetoric Maduro contends Washington has been plotting to assassinate opposition leader Henrique Capriles, and has specifically named two former U.S. officials as part of the alleged conspiracy. They w...
Mixed Views in Iraq on 10th Anniversary of US-Led Invasion It's early morning in central Baghdad's Bataween district. Out-of-work laborers huddle on the street hoping to pick up a day's wages. Abed Khaled is a house painter. He's been coming here for...
German Theater Company Helps Minorities Tell Their Stories It's not every day that you see Turkish-German school kids filming in the German parliament. These kids are interviewing the head of Germany's Roma community as part of a new program at a the...
African Music, Interactive Media At Texas Festival At this booth sponsored by the independent music exporters of South Africa, or IMEXSA, South by Southwest participants were able to learn about what that country has to offer. Organizer Renneth Tschi...
Argentinians in Rome Celebrate Pope Francis It's a small church by Rome's standards, but on Sunday it was packed with Argentinians who came to honor the man many call our pope. Argentinian priest Father Eduardo Mangirotti worked with Jorge Mario Berg...
Wizard of Oz Gets a Movie Prequel Like the original, Oz the Great and Powerful, a new release by filmmaker Sam Raimi, opens in black and white. Circus magician Oscar Diggs, played by James Franco, is taken to the Emerald City where hes destined to cl...
International Performers Flock to Texas Music Festival Playing on Austin's club-lined Sixth Street, the British folk group Skinny Lister charms the crowd. It cost them a lot of money to come here two years in a row but group guitarist Daniel says it...
War in Syria Hurts Lebanese Tourism Sector The nickname of the once popular Lebanese mountain town Aley is Arous el Masayif - the bride of touristic places. But the picturesque village outside Beirut that once attracted many Saudis and other Gulf nat...
Washington Week: Focus on Government Funding, Gun Violence In coming days, the U.S. Senate is expected to pass a spending bill for the remainder of the current fiscal year. Total funding will be at reduced levels mandated by automatic budget cuts. On...
Struggling to Understand the Iraq War, 10 Years Later On a cold, wintry March afternoon, Iraq War veteran Harvey Kanter is fighting back tears as he fights through the snow to create a keepsake that reminds him of the friends he lost. You dont forget...
SXSW Attracts Musicians, Filmmakers from Around the World South by Southwest is known for its exuberance and its mingling of business and pleasure. While the music blares from several nearby venues, a delegation from Chile holds an event to bring tog...
Obama Hopes Charm Offensive Will Lead to Grand Bargain If you've come to Washington for a tour of the White House, you're out of luck. Because President Obama and Republicans in Congress could not agree on legislation to prevent automatic government...
