Sierra Leone's health system has suffered from decades of corruption and the destruction wrought by a long civil war. The few functioning hospitals are under-staffed and short on medical supplies and equipment. Now a new medical center provides high...
Once a booming tourist destination for Europeans looking for a small stretch of tropical paradise, Sierra Leone is better known these days for its post-war struggles to develop. But many here believe that the tourist trade is just about to take off a...
Researchers have discovered a gene linked to stuttering, a speech disorder that afflicts an estimated one million adults worldwide. Scientists believe the finding raises hope that a drug might someday be developed to treat this disabling condition. R...
A new study finds that sounds conveying negative emotions could be understood across cultural boundaries more readily than the sounds of positive emotions. Related Links Disa Sauter's paper in PNAS Things like laughter, crying, sighing, grunting ......
Roger Federer of Switzerland during an Australian Open press conference in Melbourne, 31 Jan. 2010 Swiss Tennis champion Roger Federer and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt are among the contenders for the 2010 Laureus World Sports Awards, which will be h...
It's been a banner year for older Americans who like to go to the movies and AARP The Magazine is honoring films by, about or for mature adults. AARP, which serves the needs and interests of people over 50, has announced the winners of its annual Mov...
A resource room specialist at Workforce Plus employment office assists client Martin Washington (L) as he uses the computer to look for jobs and send out applications, 22, Jan 2010, in Tallahassee, Florida Upbeat economic data sent U.S. stocks higher...
New public opinion polls show that President Barack Obama and both major U.S. political parties face a challenging political climate in the months ahead. Two recent surveys - one by ABC News and The Washington Post newspaper, the other by the Gallup...
A former U.S. lawmaker who played a key role in the ouster of Soviet forces from Afghanistan has died. Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson helped funnel millions of dollars to fund Afghan fighters during the 1980s. He was known around Washington as Good...
They did not force us, we all agreed to give the kids away -- Melanie Augustin, a Haitian adoptive mother A Haitian judge has recommended the release of 10 American missionaries accused of trying to take orphaned children out of earthquake-ravaged Ha...
Demonstrators shout Down with Preval, as anti-riot police block their protest from reaching a police post where government ministers have temporary offices in Port-au-Prince, 11 Feb 2010 Watch: O'Sullivan video report Windows Media A massive internat...
Australian Mamdouh Habib is starring in a play about the years he spent imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, under suspicion of training militants and having prior knowledge of the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. Waiting for Mamdouh details his...
The Inter American Court of Human Rights judge Diego Garcia Sayan gestures as he speaks on July 14, 2009 in La Paz, during a session on the case of the massacre of 250 indigenous people in Dos Erres, Guatemala, in December 7, 1982, during the dictato...
In this image made from video provided by Iranian State TV, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a rally in Tehran, 11 Feb 2010, marking the 31st anniversary of Islamic Revolution Iran's president has told a crowd gathered for the annivers...
In first public appearance since election, Ms. Tymoshenko attacked projected winner Viktor Yanukovych for breaking campaign promises Peter Fedynsky | Moscow 11 February 2010 Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks at a cabinet meeting during...
