Recently by Sarah C. Sullivan
Foreign Aid Funding Under Scrutiny
December 17, 2010 | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at release of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images) As control of the House shifts to Republicans, lawmakers are vowing to find ways to cut deficits -- and some are pointing...
Secret Documents Add to Suspicions About Myanmar's Nuclear Aspirations
December 13, 2010 | Buddhist monk in Yangon, also known as Rangoon, Myanmar. (Drn/Stringer/Getty Images) Secret cables from the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon, released by the web site WikiLeaks, have added to long-standing suspicions about Myanmar's nuclear ambitions and its alleged covert cooperation...
Poll: Americans Have Inflated View of Foreign Aid
December 6, 2010 | When asked in a recent poll how much the U.S. government spends on foreign aid, Americans vastly overestimated the amount -- which might explain why politicians look to that area first when considering budget cuts, some analysts say. The survey,...
Royal Weddings: Looking Forward... And Back
November 18, 2010 | Commemorative plate of Prince William and Kate Middleton. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) After 30 years, the United Kingdom has another royal wedding. The engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton showcases the social and cultural changes of the past three...
Britain Plans Deepest Cuts in Decades
October 20, 2010 | Protester in front of British Parliament. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images It's a public spending slash of historic proportions as Britain launches an austerity campaign aimed at reducing its deficit. In a speech to Parliament, George Osborne, the chancellor...
Timeline: Trapped Chilean Miners May Be Near Rescue
October 8, 2010 | Site where rescued miners will be pulled. Photo by Ariel Marinkovic/AFP/Getty Images Rescue workers burrowing toward Chilean miners trapped a half-mile below the surface could possibly reach the 33 men by Friday night or Saturday and start extracting them...
Expiring Housing Moratorium Looms Over Middle East Peace Process
September 17, 2010 | Construction in the Jewish settlement of Modi'In Ilit in the West Bank. Photo by Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images The latest direct peace talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ended this week with no agreement...
Africa Hopes to Close Broadband Gap
September 6, 2010 | Men surf the Internet at a cyber cafe in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. File photo by Sia Kambou/AFP/Getty Images. According to recent studies by the International Telecommunications Union, only 10.9 percent of Africa's population uses the Internet. By contrast, the...
As Peace Talks Resume, What's on the Minds of Middle East Leaders?
September 2, 2010 | "Do we have the wisdom and the courage to walk the path of peace?" President Obama asked Middle East leaders Wednesday before a White House dinner kicking off renewed peace negotiations. Over the past 24 hours, the Middle East...
Pew Report: U.S. Broadband Adoption Slows, but Blacks Gain Ground
August 11, 2010 | The Pew Internet & American Life Project released its Home Broadband 2010 Report Wednesday, revealing a dramatic slowing of broadband adoption by Americans this year, but showing notable growth in use by blacks. Among the findings were statistics on home...
Rapper Wyclef Jean Files to Run for Haitian Presidency
August 5, 2010 | Grammy-winning recording artist and philanthropist Wyclef Jean has confirmed reports that he plans to run for president of his homeland of Haiti. On Thursday, he filed the paperwork to run at an electoral council office in Port-au-Prince. Jean, who said...
From China to Amsterdam, Meet Your New UNESCO World Heritage Sites
August 2, 2010 | Photos courtesy of UNESCO. Click images for larger view. The U.N.'s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has been meeting in Brazil to consider new cultural sites to add to its World Heritage List of places with "outstanding universal value."...
Lockerbie Bomber's Release Dominates Cameron Visit With Obama
July 20, 2010 | British leader David Cameron, who made his first visit as prime minister to Washington this week, used his time at the White House to discuss Afghanistan, the economy and prospects for Middle East peace. But at a news conference with...
