Researchers have developed an improved version of the smallpox vaccine that can be combined with a vaccine against anthrax. The dual vaccine represents a significant scientific achievement as well as a possible improved defense against biological att...
The International Organization for Migration says there's an urgent need for tougher action against human trafficking in East Africa. The IOM has released a new assessment of the problem, saying men, women and children of all ages are being exploited...
A new report highlights a brief period of early childhood as the most critical time to fight hunger -- and also reduce poverty. The 2010 Global Hunger Index report was released Monday by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). It no...
Nearly half of Guinea's Electoral Commission members have signed a petition asking to elect a new head for the commission. The demand comes less than two weeks before the country is scheduled to hold presidential elections on October 24. As official...
Mix the pounding, hip-swaying drums of Afro-Cuban jazz with lilting Jewish tunes from mid-1900s New York, and what do you get? Jewish Latin jazz. A couple of weeks ago at Yoshi's Jazz Club in San Francisco, the rhythm of the opening song was very Lat...
Baby oysters could be the canaries in the mine shaft for another dimension of global warming. Pacific Northwest scientists are studying how the oceans suck in excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The process changes seawater chemistry - locally...
On January 9, Sudanese are to vote on the future of the country's unity. Southern Sudan's mostly African Christian and animist population is widely expected to vote for separation from the mainly Arab and Muslim north. It is difficult to find a perso...
Abdumalik Bobaev, who reports on Uzbekistan for the Voice of America, is on trial for reporting, among other things, that journalists go to trial in Uzbekistan for doing their jobs. Abdumalik Bobaev, who has reported on Uzbekistan for VOA for the pas...
Swaziland has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world - 26 percent for those between the ages of 15 and 29. But to deal with the epidemic, health officials must do more than increase treatment, care and prevention efforts. They must also...
Saying the United States lags behind China and other nations in dealing with a crumbling infrastructure, President Barack Obama has renewed a call for action to repair roads, bridges and airports. A new report by the Treasury Department and White Hou...
Only a few horses have won the Triple Crown, three grueling thoroughbred races held every spring. Some four decades ago, one horse who did achieve that pinnacle of American racing became a national hero, along with the woman who owned and believed in...
At the ASEAN Defense Ministers meeting in Hanoi, Chinese Minister of Defense Liang Guanglie invited his U.S. counterpart Defense Secretary Robert Gates to visit China, in what seems like an easing of military tensions in the region. Diplomacy appears...
For International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials, the past week's annual meetings were part of efforts to improve dialogue with the developing world. The IMF's Director of External Relations, Caroline Atkinson, says we've funded representatives from c...
Just one month before the 2010 midterm elections, a new public opinion poll shows that Arab-American voters favor Democrats over Republicans by a wide margin. The survey also finds that discrimination against Arab Americans appears to be on the rise....
A new study says developing countries will need between $400 million and $700 million over the next 20 years to battle HIV/AIDS. The findings appear in The Lancet medical journal. The estimates are being released at a time when overall funding for HI...
