In a second day of testimony on Capitol Hill, key Obama administration officials said Thursday that the July 2011 date President Barack Obama set for beginning a drawdown of U.S. forces from Afghanistan will depend on the progress made. Dan Robinson...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she is encouraged by the response of American allies to the Obama administration's appeal for additional troops to supplement the boost in U.S. forces in Afghanistan David Gollust | Brussels 03 December 2009 U....
India is marking the 25th anniversary of the leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal. The victims have generally been left in a legal haze since the ill-fated night (Dec. 2, 1984) when a toxic-gas cloud spread across the centr...
The explosion coincided with a visit to Damascus by a top Iranian official. Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo 03 December 2009 Damaged bus is seen at the site where three people were killed in al-Sayeda Zeinab, an area that includes a holy shrine for Shiites,...
Journalist Mamadou Dian Balde says Captain Moussa Dadis Camara was shot by an aide, Aboubacar Toumba Diakite James Butty | Washington, DC 03 December 2009 Guineas security forces were said to be on high alert Thursday night after renegade soldiers sh...
Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 02 December 2009 What do you suppose this person is all about? His drum reads First Church, Last Laugh. The drawing is of St. Stupid! Over the years, the American Dream has been defined as reaching financial security, e...
What's in a Name - in $$$$$? Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 02 December 2009 After some market research, we could easily put an estimated dollar value on a company's name. Often it's worth so much that a Coca-Cola or Ford or Yahoo, say, will go to gr...
Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 02 December 2009 Shors' experiences in Vietnam inspired his third novel, Dragon House In the crowded streets of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, American friends Iris and Noah try to help homeless children an...
Vronique LaCapra | Washington 02 December 2009 A very small genetic difference between humans and chimpanzees may help explain why chimpanzees can't speak, but humans can The ability to communicate using complex spoken language is a uniquely human ch...
Falls among elderly one of leading causes of death Vidushi Sinha | Washington, DC 02 December 2009 Researchers say fall-related injuries are among the most common, disabling and expensive health conditions experienced by older adults A new study in t...
