Jul 19 Turmoil in Libya: Five Months On By Mike Fritz It's been over five months since the Arab Spring first swept into Libya, shaking Colonel Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year grip on power and spawning a deadly civil war that has killed up to 15, 000 people, according the U.N. Human Rights… Continue reading
Jul 19 Indonesia Rising: A Country’s Evolution By Talea Miller Indonesia has 240 million people living on 6,000 islands, belonging to hundreds of ethnic groups. The evolving democracy continues to grow its economy. Continue reading
Jul 11 July 9, 2011: South Sudan’s Birthday By Larisa Epatko On July 9, 2011, South Sudan became its own country -- the culmination of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended 22 years of fighting between the North and South. Continue reading
Jul 11 Drought Threatens Horn of Africa By Talea Miller Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in Somalia and Ethiopia due to severe drought and food shortages. Continue reading
Jul 08 Essence Music Festival 2011 By Imani Cheers Usher, Trey Songz, New Edition, Mary J. Blige and Jill Scott were among the performers at this year's Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. Continue reading
Jul 06 China’s Marathon-Length Bridge By Larisa Epatko At 26.4 miles, China's Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, which opened June 30, is now the longest sea bridge in the world. Continue reading
Jul 05 American Painter Cy Twombly Dies at 83 By Tom LeGro Celebrated American painter Cy Twombly, whose paintings featured scribbles, graffiti and unusual materials and who invigorated American post-War art alongside Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, has died. He was 83. Continue reading
Jul 05 Teaching the Importance of Breastfeeding By Talea Miller The Indonesian Breastfeeding Center in Jakarta offers training classes for healthcare workers and for families. Continue reading
Jun 30 Artist Ai Weiwei’s Clashes with the Chinese Government By Molly Finnegan Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was arrested in early April and held for nearly three months. Accused of tax evasion, he was released on June 22 and ordered to pay nearly $2 million. Here are images of the artist detailing… Continue reading
Jun 29 Greece Protests and Spending Cuts By Larisa Epatko Greece's government is working to pass belt-tightening measures to clear the way for emergency bailout loans. Continue reading