US Plays Unique Role in Fighting Deadliest Diseases Looking back over 25 years ago, there was no AIDS cure. Treatment was limited. The diagnosis ... a death sentence. Two American doctors, Eric Goosby and Anthony Fauci, were there at the beginning an...
Antiretrovirals Allow Near Normal Life Spans Antiretroviral drugs have saved the lives of millions of people infected with the HIV, the AIDS virus. Now, new research shows HIV-infected people, who start treatment, can expect near normal life spans. T...
Kenya Real Estate Boom Threatens Prime Farmland There is a booming housing market from Ghana to Nigeria to Kenya. More and more Africans are moving to major cities like Nairobi to earn a living, and they are looking for housing. They are the driving...
War On Terror Focuses Too Much on Extremists, Scholar Says French troops fighting al-Qaida-affiliated terrorists in Mali have helped restore order to areas overrun by an ethnic Tuareg rebellion. But local leaders, like Moussa Ag Oumeytta, say solving...
Iran Talks Leave Issues Unresolved The delegates gathered in Kazakhstan amid hopes they would build on the upbeat atmosphere of the last round of talks there in February. Some believed there was a chance of agreement on first steps toward ending the...
G8 Ministers to Meet With Syrian Opposition U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has confirmed that he also will meet with members of Syria's opposition in London. He spoke to reporters Tuesday at the end of his three-day visit to Israel and the West B...
Venezuelan Election is Again Choice Between Socialism, Capitalism Business has not been good for Rotzen Villabon, who owns a gift shop called Viqiu. He needs dollars to import products made in China but he can't find any at the official exchange rate...
Plants, Humans Share Sensory Awareness The Botanical Garden is a blooming paradise, about four hectares filled with a rich array of some 3,800 species drawn from Israels diverse landscape and from around the world. Danny Chamovitz, director of the Ma...
Kerry: China Key to Resolving North Korea Crisis With troops training in what North Korea says is a state of war, Kerry says Pyongyang can still end international isolation over its nuclear program. And once again, China is the key. They can come bac...
US Drone Strikes Under Scrutiny Unmanned drones are being used with increasing frequency in fighting terrorist groups like al-Qaida. A recent analysis by the New America Foundation estimated drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2004 have killed...
N. Korean Threats Cause Worry on S. Korean Island Fisherman Lee Hwan-sun has lived all his life on Baengnyeong Island. These days he does not take his boat out very far. I used to take my boat out into the waters about five minutes out of this port....
Iraqis Debate Impact of War For many, the day Iraqis -- aided by U.S. troops -- toppled the statue marked the the end of a brutal dictatorship and the beginning of a new hope. Today the square is bedecked with campaign posters for this month's local...
Venezuelan Students Stage Hunger Strike for Election Reform About 25 university students have set up camp in downtown Caracas and have have vowed not to eat for the ten days leading up to Sunday's presidential election. Tugomir Yepez says they are th...
Hopes and Fears in China Bird Flu Battle Authorities culled poultry in Shanghai markets after detecting H7N9 in local pigeons. Taiwan will make anti-viral drugs available for public purchase, at a subsidized price, through April. While China reported...
Maceo Parker's '98% Funky Stuff' Shares Life Stories Maceo Parker was the heart and soul of James Browns horn section, performing funky sax riffs on hits like I Got You (I Feel Good). While his illustrious career as a sideman and soloist is well-docu...
