World Apr 13 World Bank Report Offers New Approaches to Reducing Conflict Two of the world's major financial institutions are looking at an issue only occasionally associated with economic development -- how to curb violence.
Science Apr 12 Quiz: NASA Announces New Homes for Space Shuttle Fleet NASA marked the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch and the 50th anniversary of the first human in space -- Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961 -- by naming the final destinations of its retiring space shuttle fleet.
World Apr 11 In Peru, Voters Express Discontent by Backing Extreme Candidates, Analysts Say No matter what happens in Peru's presidential runoff in June, change is coming. Judging from partial results from Sunday's first round of voting, the top two candidates represent a departure from current leaders and policies that some say helped maintain…
World Apr 11 World Week Ahead: Brokering a Deal in Libya; One Month Since Japan’s Quake An African Union delegation is working to broker a deal this week between Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and rebels seeking his ouster. And Japan hits the one month mark since the devastating earthquake and tsunami as answers on nuclear safety…
World Apr 08 Ai Weiwei Case Poses Test for China Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is one of several dozen activists arrested in China over the past few months. But as one of the most prominent, he poses a test case for the Chinese government's resolve to silence its critics.
World Apr 07 Building a Plastic Bottle School When former Peace Corps volunteer Laura Kutner was asked to help find funding to finish constructing two classrooms in the elementary school where she worked in Guatemala, she decided to use -- or rather reuse -- a common piece of…
World Apr 07 GlobalPost Reporter James Foley Detained in Libya Our partners at GlobalPost have announced that Libyan forces backing Moammar Gadhafi detained one of their correspondents, James Foley, along with three other journalists while they were reporting near the city of Brega.
World Apr 05 Global Change Comes From Crises, Author Mark Malloch-Brown Says As protesters in North Africa and the Middle East vent their anger with their governments, the world is again transfixed and transformed.
World Apr 04 Pop Singer to Become Haiti’s Next President, Preliminary Results Show Preliminary results released Monday in Haiti's presidential run-off election show musician Michel Martelly as the winner with more than 67 percent of the vote.
World Apr 04 World Week Ahead: Ivory Coast Standoff; Haiti’s Next President Tensions remain high in Ivory Coast, where the incumbent president refuses to give way to his successor, while Haiti is poised to learn who its next president will be when much-anticipated preliminary results are released Monday.