Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 28 January 2010 In his debut novel, The Incarnation of Catman Billy, author Will Jordan writes about the adventures of a man reborn as a cat. Billy finds he now must look at life from a different perspective, and in so...
Urban poverty is often hidden, relegated to neighborhoods tourists rarely visit. But in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Ronny Poluan gives guided tours of city slums to tourists. Critics say he exploits poor people for personal gain. Poluan says h...
Haiti topped the agenda at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland Thursday, as former U.S. President Bill Clinton appealed to international donors to help the earthquake-ravaged nation. Former President Bill Clinton called for more aid to Hait...
Japanese automaker Toyota has suspended sales of some of its most popular models in the U.S. to fix a flaw in the gas pedals that could make the cars accelerate without warning. The suspension comes after a recall last week involving 2.3 million vehi...
Researchers say a study on the brain is shedding light on how humans process language. The research, conducted in San Diego, Boston and New York, is helping scientists understand an important part of the brain known as Broca's area. Denise Harris, 39...
The rains are finally coming back to Kenya, but drought still persists in the central region of Isiolo South. There, many pastoralists have had to give up their way of life. It looks like a war zone. What once were emaciated, dehydrated cattle are no...
One of the world's biggest water desalination plants is about to open in Australia's biggest and thirstiest city, Sydney. The plant is part of a program aimed at providing water as the continent battles erratic rainfall and the city attracts 50,000 n...
Jeret Speedy Peterson is well acquainted with trouble - from losing his sister to a drunk driver, to sexual abuse, to witnessing his roommate commit suicide. Then Peterson was sent home from the 2006 Olympics because of an alcohol-fueled bar fight in...
U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Americans to overcome a deficit of trust in government and work together to solve a damaged economy and other problems. The economy was high on the president's list of priorities in his annual State of the Union...
U.S. President Barack Obama is pushing the themes of his State of the Union address - seeking public support for his policies at a politically charged moment in Washington. American presidents typically take to the road on the day after the State of...
Haitians and international aid workers continue to grapple with immediate rescue and relief efforts, pulling a teenage girl out of the rubble Wednesday, 15 days after the initial devastating earthquake. But in Washington at a hearing on Haiti, the Se...
Minority Republicans in Congress say they're prepared to negotiate with President Obama on major issues, such as health care reform and energy legislation. The president will meet with House of Representatives Republicans at their issues conference i...
Congressional leaders have had mixed reactions to President Barack Obama's first State of the Union speech. A number of Democratic lawmakers said the president's speech was hopeful and upbeat, while some Republicans accused the president of looking b...
Elections scheduled this April in Sudan represent the first time in a generation that people there will get a chance to choose government leaders. But Sudan's road to democracy is riddled with accusations of corruption, voter intimidation and violenc...
U.S. Navy trauma surgeon, Commander Zsolt Stockinger, assesses patients as they arrive at a combination triage facility-helicopter landing zone the U.S. military established on the shore of Port-au-Prince. On this day, at Terminal Varreux, he decides...
