Ambassador Rice says US and its partners have been pursuing a two-track approach toresolving the Iranian nuclear issue and Iranian announcement is completely inappropriate Margaret Besheer | New York 30 November 2009 UN Ambassador Susan Rice speaks t
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says hope remains for a diplomatic solution to the international dispute over his country's nuclear program Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo 30 November 2009 Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani speaks with media, during hi
Agricultural runoff from fertilizers, chemicals and animal waste is responsible for about half the pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. The U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency is stepping up enforcement and working with the United States Department of Ag
Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 30 November 2009 A Washington, D.C., free transit newspaper called the Express specializes in short, breezy lifestyle items. Its readers turn to Page 2, in particular, where the Express prints goofy little stories and p
Fertilizers from lawns, oil from cars, pet waste and runoff from building sites move quickly over paved surfaces into storm drains - and eventually, into the Bay. Rosanne Skirble | Washington, D.C. 30 November 2009 Watch: Skirble report Windows Media
Volunteers, farmers and local government in Pennsylvania community work to clean up waterways. Rosanne Skirble | Lititz, Pennsylvania 30 November 2009 Watch: Skirble report Windows Media Lititz Run prior to restoration with eroded stream banks and fe
After 25 years of watered-down policies, proposed law would hold states accountable for polluting the Bay Rosanne Skirble | Annapolis, Washington 30 November 2009 Watch: Skirble report Windows Media EPA collected 19,000 postcards petitioning the gove
Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 30 November 2009 One of the hottest terms in the mushrooming field of personal communication devices - including cell phones and other palm-sized gadgets - is app - short for application. These handheld phones, texting
By Phillip Walter Wellman Doha 02 November 2009 Serena Williams, right, holds trophy after winning singles final against Venus Williams, left, in Doha, 01 Nov 2009 Serena Williams has won the WTA Championships in Doha by defeating the defending cham
In appearances before Congress on Tuesday, Obama administration officials have defended the president's budget and economic recovery plans. Testimony by President Barack Obama's Budget Director, Peter Orszag, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
Indian government officials say the attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team demonstrates Pakistan needs to do more to confront terrorism and proves India's decision was correct not to send its own sportsmen across the border. Sri Lankan officials and pla
President Barack Obama's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan has appealed to Congress to approve pending legislation to provide Pakistan with billions of dollars in military and non-military aid. Testimony to the House of Representat
At least 140 people have died in Australia's worst-ever bushfire disaster. Arsonists, who are thought to have been responsible for some of the devastating outbreaks in the southern state, Victoria, have been accused of mass murder by Australian Prim
By Gary Thomas Washington 08 October 2009 Glasse report Download (WM) US Soldiers in Afghanistan As the situation in Afghanistan grows more deadly and complex, the Obama administration finds itself confronted with difficult questions over strategy a
The U.S. State Department, responding to Wednesday's International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir, said those who have committed atrocities in Sudan should be held accountable for their crimes. The United States
By Paula Wolfson White House 02 November 2009 President Barack Obama (file photo) U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Afghan President Hamid Karzai to open a new chapter in his country's history by taking action against corruption and implementing
For the second straight day and less than a day after his first presidential news conference, President Barack Obama has traveled the United States, trying to build public support for his economic stimulus proposal. This time, he spoke and took ques
By Sean Maroney Islamabad 02 November 2009 Police in Pakistan say a suicide bomber killed at least 35 people Monday near the country's army headquarters in Rawalpindi, where gunmen kept up a nearly 24-hour hostage-taking assault last month. Pakistan
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday pledged an ongoing high-level effort by the Obama administration to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Clinton said U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, just back from his first trip to t
President Barack Obama met Wednesday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and his special envoy for the Middle East, George Mitchell, who has just returned from his first official visit to the region, to discuss ways to bring stability to the Mid
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