Joe DeCapua 02 September 2010 For more than a year now, Rwanda has been immunizing its children against pneumonia. Its goal is to save the lives of 6,000 kids every year. This week, health officials and others are checking on the programs progress. P...
America's 30th president has been largely ignored by historians. Calvin Coolidge was sworn into office in August 1923, after the death of President Warren Harding. Elected in his own right the following year, Coolidge left office in 1929. Now, his le...
European companies have been accused by Human Rights Watch of violating workers' rights in the United States. In a new report, it says European multinational firms have carried out aggressive campaigns to keep workers in the U.S. from organizing and...
Monday September 6 is Labor Day in the United States, a day set aside to honor American workers and the dignity of labor. The organized labor movement of the late 19th century that spawned the national holiday has waxed and waned over the years. Many...
Muslims often break their fast by drinking water and eating dates as the Prophet Muhammad did. The holy month of Ramadan is marked by fasting from dawn to dusk. Muslim Americans end each day of fasting with a festive meal known as Iftar. After a long...
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that nearly all of the American surge forces have arrived in Afghanistan to press the new strategy President Barack Obama announced in December. At a news conference in Kabul with Afghan President Ham...
As U.S. combat troops are pulled out of Iraq, attention is turning to Afghanistan. President Barack Obama has pledged to begin pulling out troops there as well, starting next year. The Iraq withdrawal might have an effect on political and military ca...
Those who oppose the cause of peace will try in every way possible to sabotage this process as we have already seen this week. - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has launched the first direct peace talks b...
The presence of Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is at the heart of the impasse facing negotiators. This is one of the key flashpoints in the conflict between Israeli settlers who are determined to stay and the Palestinian residen...
Ethiopia has sharply devalued its currency - the birr - in a bid to boost economic growth. The move was welcomed by economists, though it may have the side effect of fueling inflation. Ethiopia's Central Bank announced Wednesday that the birr has bee...
At the start of new Middle East peace talks, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Tuesday's deadly shooting near the West Bank town of Hebron. Both leaders said Wednesday that they are determined that th...
Now is the time for leaders of courage and vision to deliver the peace that their people deserve. - US President Barack Obama President Barack Obama says Israelis and Palestinians must seize the opportunity for achieving a lasting peace presented by...
At a colorful ceremony in one of Saddam Hussein's old palaces outside Baghdad, the U.S. military formally ended its combat role in Iraq and passed command of the remaining 50,000 American troops to a new four-star general. A U.S. military band played...
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited Western Iraq Wednesday, the place where U.S. troops and local tribal leaders began an effort four years ago that helped turn the tide of the Iraq war. Gates stopped in al-Anbar Province on his way to Baghda...
As Israelis and Palestinians head into U.S.-brokered negotiations, both sides are drawing lessons from Israel's unilateral pullout from the Gaza Strip, five years ago. By removing thousands of Jewish settlers and Israeli troops, Israel hoped to ease...
