About 5.7 million people in South Africa are living with HIV, including approximately 280,000 children under the age of 15. In addition, between 1.5 and three million so-called AIDS orphans have lost one or both parents to this disease. South Africa...
Performers line up during a dress rehearsal of the opening ceremony for the soccer World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa, 9 June 2010 The city of Johannesburg is a-buzz with celebrating football fans as South Africa prepares to kick off the 2010 Wo...
Vilakazi Street will be the scene of much celebration as the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa unfolds Schoolboys, their disheveled uniforms streaked with dust and faces dripping with sweat, boot a football across the road. Young children saunt...
In hard economic times, like the Great Depression of the 1930s, cash-poor Americans did what they could to make a living. Craftspeople found that durable, practical and beautiful handmade items were always in demand. Something similar appears to be h...
Jamie Galloway is an eco-friendly fiber artist. A recent graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, she was among 700 exhibiters at the American Craft Council Show in Baltimore, Maryland displaying their handmade jewelry, clothing, and home...
The U.S. population has passed the 300-million mark in the past decade, with non-white groups accounting for most of that growth. A new study of census data for 100 major metropolitan areas in the U.S. shows that many black, Asian, Hispanic, foreign-...
Sandra Jackson, 68, of Pasadena, Maryland says she believes that everyone has something to contribute to his or her community as she helps almost every day by giving rides to those who do not or cannot drive. She is making a difference by fostering a...
BP stock continues to suffer, having plunged to a 13-year low, even as the company tries to rescue its damaged reputation amid the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico with a $50 million public relations campaign. But most crisis management expert...
President Barack Obama meets with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, 09 Jun 2010 UN Security Council Calls for Impartial, Credible Investigation of Israeli Boat Raid The United States is consult...
Possible solution to Kenya's fatal aflatoxin outbreaks Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 10 June 2010 People sharing and distributing aflasafe on a farm in Nigeria. Related Links International Institute of Tropical Agriculture As Kenya suffers with ano...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, responds to questions from rock musician Yuri Shevchuk, right Russia's Security Service Could Gain Powers Formerly Associated With Soviet KGB The Russian Internet community is widely discussing a recent en...
An elderly victim holds a poster and waits for the verdict in the premises of Bhopal court in Bhopal, India, 07 Jun 2010 The Indian government is looking at the need for tougher laws to deal with industrial disasters, amid outrage in India about puni...
This video image released by the Turkish Aid group IHH purports to show Israeli soldiers aiming a gun on the deck of a Turkish ship, part of an aid convoy heading to the Gaza Strip, 31 May 2010 Last week, protests occurred worldwide, both in support...
Infant Dren and SARAH POLLEY as Elsa Kast in Warner Bros. Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainments science fiction thriller SPLICE, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Genetic research can yield new treatments for deadly diseases and foods that are more...
Touring the world with RB superstar Beyonce might be the pinnacle of success for most musicians. But, for jazz saxophonist Tia Fuller, being a member of Beyonce's backup band has worked wonders for her rising solo career. Tia Fuller was steadily work...
