By Paige Kollock Washington, DC 05 July 2006 watch report Victim of War In Northern Uganda, a civil war has been underway for 19 years between government and the Lord's Resistance Army, led by a man named Joseph Kony. More than 100 people each day d...
By Anthony Stokes Washington, DC 15 June 2006 watch Global Attitudes report The global image of the United States has declined, and fewer people support the U.S.-led war on terror. That's the assessment of a worldwide poll released this week by a Wa...
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 07 June 2006 watch Free Trade report The first round of free trade negotiations between South Korea and the United States is underway in Washington D.C. The talks, which f...
By Michael Bowman Washington 01 May 2006 Amid heated debate over illegal immigration in the United States, millions of immigrants cut short their workday or stayed home in hopes of demonstrating their...
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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 27 February 2006 watch report on South Asia Trip President Bush will soon be visiting India and Pakistan, two countries he says are important for the economic and na...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 22 February 2006 Lottery winners Eight workers at a meat processing plant in the mid-western state of Nebraska have won the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. The...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 08 February 2006 A man with a double leg amputation begs in a street in Kabul (File photo - April 1, 2004) Afghanistan has welcomed the decision by leading Western creditors...
Unit Ten Text Do animals think? How could the earth show so many signs of design and purpose and yet be random? Our best scientists are heatedly debating both sides of these and other scientific questions. In the following essay, the author takes a l...
Unit Nine Text Every cloud has a silver lining, says the optimist. It follows naturally, then, that the pessimist must favor looking for the rusty lining. Just as the optimist can always find reasons for hoping that bad situations can improve, so the...