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Ethiopia will accomplish the construction at any cost whether donors continue funds or not. The giant Gibe III dam, now being built on the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia is a boon for some, a problem for others. Supporters say it will provide ele...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, speaks with US Mideast envoy George Mitchell during their meeting at Abbas' office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 10 Aug 2010 U.S. special Middle East envoy George Mitchell left Israel this week without...
Hairstylist Jackeline Aguilera operates a power screwdriver as she learns how to hang a door in a classroom at CASA de Maryland, a non-profit organization that operates vocational training and employment placement programs in the Washington, D.C., ar...
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-...
Grammar Girl here. This week we have a new guest writer, Rob Reinalda, who is going to help us look at something called a false series. You may ask, What the heck is that? Well find out in a moment. A Parallel Construction Problem: the False Series A...
From NPR News in Washington, Im Korva Coleman. President Obama announced federal loan guarantees to build the first nuclear power plant in the US in three decades. NPRs Kathy Lohr reports. The 8.3-billion-dollar loan guarantee will pay for the constr...
Twenty-six Orthodox priests murdered since 1990, including 39-year-old Alexander Filippov on Tuesday Peter Fedynsky | Moscow 23 December 2009 Photo: AP Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (center) conducts the funeral service for slain priest Daniil Sy...
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 10 September 2007 Ground Zero construction It is some of the most controversial real estate on the planet. The 16 acres of land in New York that is known as Ground Zero draws hundreds of thousands of visitors each year...
By Amanda Cassandra New York 31 August 2006 Construction on a memorial and museum at the site of the World Trade Center is under way in New York, as the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks approaches. ----- World Trade Cent...