The new family movie Ice Age: The Meltdown is written for laughs. But some people might also see it as a serious message about the dangers of climate warming. The film brings back the animated animals from the two thousand two hit movie Ice Age. The...
Championship races, two world titles up for grabs but one big difference: the crowd. It seems sport is the last bastion of sexism and cycling is no different. At the World Road Championships this week, the woman's time trial event attracted around a...
It's always been made in China, but this is the first time it's been sold in China. The iPhone officially goes on sale today at Apple and telecom partner China Unicom's stores across the mainland. But it's got an eye-popping price tag from 700 to mor...
It's a hot frontier for global investment. And both China and the US want a stake. So far this year, President Obama has visited Ghana and Egypt. Secretary of State Clinton wrapped a seven-nation African tour. President Hu stopped in Mali, Senegal, T...
Itzhak Perlman was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in ninteen forty- five. Today he lives in New York City. But his music has made him a citizen of the world. He has played in almost every major city. He has won fifteen Grammy awards for his recordings. He...
Some of the ways of the Old West cowboy are kept alive in Jackson Hole. In the summer, visitors can go to a rodeo to see competitions based on traditional cowboy skills. Some people say it is the truest of American sports. The rodeo usually begins wi...
This beautiful valley was named after the nineteenth-century explorer and hunter David Jackson. After he spent a winter in the area, his friends started to call it Jackson's Hole. The valley looks like a hole in the middle of the mountains that surro...
Dozens of military chaplains and grief counselors are heading to the Fort Hood army base in the U.S. state of Texas where a shooting rampage left 13 people dead and 30 wounded. Authorities say the alleged shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, fired at so...
Gillian: Every two months or so, in a London suburb, a group of women have a meeting. They laugh a lot, talk excitedly and sometimes disagree quite strongly with each other. Every few days a 12-year old boy goes on the internet and writes a story abo...
Dasha (Reporter): I am in the editorial building of a newspaper called English - it promotes the language, gives tips and helps students with difficulties they might have while learning English. Im here to meet a group of young enthusiasts who are me...
