US Gun Control Advocates Disappointed by Vote At the White House Wednesday, with parents of the school shooting victims alongside, President Obama pledged to keep fighting for gun control. So all and all, this is a pretty shameful day for Washington.
Egyptian Women Reject Blame for Upsurge in Sexual Harrassment Post-revolution, the number of women reporting sexual harassment and violence has skyrocketed. So, too, it appears, has the tendency to blame women for the assaults against them. Psycholog
Violence Overwhelms Pakistan's Largest City Suspected militants threw a grenade at Pakistan's paramilitary Ranger forces in Karachi in early April, killing four. It was just another attack in what has become Pakistan's most violent city. Roughly 20 m
Kerry Meets Abbas in New Bid to Revive Peace Talks Kerry held one-on-one talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday in Ramallah. The two agreed to continue working together to find the best path to peace, but made no official statements
Washington Week: Focus on Economic, Fiscal Matters President Obama wants to shrink the deficit and promote economic growth. For years, an argument in Washington has raged between reducing our deficits at all costs, and making the investments we need
Dietary Changes Help Lower Blood Pressure Sunday, April 7, is World Health Day, and this years theme is high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. The World Health Organization has recommended reducing salt or sodium intake to lower the risk of
Economic Hard Times Increase Immigration Tensions in Europe Amid Romes many architectural splendors sits an unassuming doorway. It leads to a counseling center for immigrants, run by the Catholic Church. These people, some from the European Union and
Florida Bluesman JJ Grey Heads Home with 'This River' Grey is a natural storyteller. His songs are inspired by people he grew up with and the rural swamplands of his childhood home near Jacksonville, Florida. His new album is named for a prominent fe
Russia Promises a Snowy Sochi 2014 Russia chose one of its southernmost cities subtropical Sochi as its nominee for next year's Winter Olympics. Wowed by images of deep snow in the Caucasus Mountains, the International Olympic Committee voted yes ahe
Violence on Rise in Iraq's Oil-Rich Kirkuk Area Four months ago, Tuz Khormatu, a sleepy town 80 kilometers southeast of Kirkuk, became the new frontline between Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region and the central government. Political tensions over
Washington DC Facing Family Homelessness Crisis With access to affordable housing severely restricted by budget cuts and a rising cost of living, local shelters have been crammed full throughout the winter. Disabled single father Marcaus Scales has b
South China Sea Nations Vary in Approaches to Press Claims Beijing says its live-fire exercises in the South China Sea are meant to defend against naval and air attacks in the contested waters. But Vietnam says those Chinese patrols endanger navigati
World Health Day Raises Awareness of Deadliest Condition On an evening at Dakar beach in Senegal, the sands are packed with people exercising. A recent World Health Organization report indicated that one out of eight Senegalese women aged over 20 are
Despite Slow Start, Starbucks Expands in India The Starbucks outlet in New Delhis Connaught Place has been open for more than a month and still draws long lines and interest from young people like Vikram Maour, who until now had only seen the coffee
Fracking Could Lead to Big Profits for Some Companies A machine, developed by a company called OriginOil, removes sludge from water that came from an oil drilling site - with a process originally developed for extracting algae. Petroleum is nothing b
Kerry Trip Focuses on Israel-Turkey Relations Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently apologized to Turkey for a deadly 2010 maritime commando raid in a gesture brokered by President Obama designed to restore diplomatic relations between t
US Presidential Libraries Contribute to Research, Education President Lyndon Baines Johnson, or LBJ, died in 1973. But a life-like animatronic representation of him greets visitors to his library in Austin, Texas. Visitors find it entertaining. Prett
President Obama Look-Alike Performs at Washington Events When Graves spoke at an environmental conference at a hotel in Arlington, Virginia, some people werent sure at first if he was President Obama. The audience smiled and laughed once they realize
Remembering Richie Havens Richie Havens performance at Woodstock in 1969 catapulted him into music history, but the lanky, soulful folk singer wasnt supposed to open the festival - he was scheduled to play fifth that day. Plans changed when the openi
Tourism, Development Threaten Burmese Lake Inle Lake is considered a jewel of Burma, where migrating birds, rare animal species and a handful of Burmese tribes share space around the 110 square kilometer freshwater reservoir. Now, a steady stream of
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