US Officials Clear Officer in Ferguson Shooting

Officials in the United States announced on Wednesday that a police officer who fatally shot a teenager in the central state of Missouri, tr...

Defense Concedes Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Carried Out Boston Marathon Bombings

The trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got underway at the federal courthouse in Boston Wednesday. The opening commen...

Video Claims to Show Shia Forces in Iraq Executing Sunni Boy

A graphic mobile phone video is spreading on the Internet, claiming to show Iraqi forces or Shia militia executing a handcuffed Sunni boy. E...

Activists: One-Child Policy Drives Some Chinese to US 'Maternity Hotels'

A U.S.-based women's rights group says China's one-child policy has contributed to the trend of pregnant Chinese women traveling to ...

Pakistani Convicted in Al-Qaida Plot to Bomb NY Subway

A jury in New York City on Wednesday convicted a Pakistani member of al-Qaida of being part of a plot to attack the city's subway system...

Ukrainian Authorities Struggle to Secure a Divided Mariupol

Since last month's cease-fire went into effect, shelling around the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has decreased, but it is thought pro...

Blast, Clashes Leave 34 Dead in Aleppo

Dozens of Syrian security personnel and rebels were killed during an attack Wednesday on an intelligence facility in the city of Aleppo, a m...

Ukrainian Authorities Struggle to Secure a Divided Mariupol

Since last month's cease-fire went into effect, shelling around the port city of Mariupol has decreased, but it is thought pro-Russian s...

House Benghazi Panel Subpoenas Clinton's Personal Emails

A congressional committee investigating the 2012 attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya issued subpoenas Wednesday for former Secretary of Stat...

Italy Rescues More Than 1,000 Migrants at Sea, 10 Drown

Italian authorities say ships from the coast guard, navy, and several cargo vessels rescued more than a thousand migrants from North Africa ...

Brazil's Rousseff Races to Contain Congressional Revolt Over Austerity

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff raced on Wednesday to defuse a rebellion by legislators upset about her budget austerity plans and her ha...

Snowden Says US Not Offering Fair Trial if He Returns

Edward Snowden, the fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor who leaked details of mass U.S. surveillance programs, said Wednesday that he...

India's Censor Blocks 'Fifty Shades of Grey' From Cinemas

India's government censors have said they will not allow the big-screen adaptation of erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" to b...

Turkish Regulators Seize Shares in Islamic Lender

Turkish banking regulators on Wednesday seized a small stake in the Islamic lender Bank Asya over an alleged illegal share sale, the latest ...

Ethiopian Jawbone Fossil Pushes Back Human Origins

A 2.8-million-year-old jawbone fossil with five intact teeth unearthed in an Ethiopian desert is pushing back the dawn of humankind by about...

Study: Adults Only Catch Flu Around Twice a Decade

Adults only get flu twice a decade on average, scientists have found, suggesting that most of the coughs and colds that keep millions of peo...

Spider Venom May Yield New Pain Relievers

Spiders, an unwelcome guest in many homes, could gain a new reputation — as a welcome source of pain relief. Spider venom contains thousands...

WHO Urges Curbing Sweet Tooth for Better Health

The World Health Organization warns that too much sugar in the diet can lead to obesity, tooth decay and other non-communicable diseases. Th...

Prosecutor Appeals Dismissal of Complaint Against Argentine Leader

The Argentine prosecutor investigating accusations that President Cristina Fernandez tried to whitewash Iran's alleged involvement in a ...

US Senate Fails to Override Keystone Pipeline Veto

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday failed to override President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill authorizing the construction of a controversial oil ...

Vienna Tops Survey of World's Nicest Cities — Again

Vienna, Austria's elegant capital on the Danube river, has again been commended as offering the best quality of life of any city in the ...

Maduro Reprisal Could Clog US Visa Process in Venezuela

Venezuelans seeking U.S. visas fear their government's order to slash American Embassy staff may make an already lengthy process even lo...

NASA Spacecraft Approaches a Dwarf Planet

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will make history on Friday, March 6, when it becomes the first man-made object to orbit a dwarf planet named Ceres. ...

Budget, Reform Plans Put Ukraine in Line for IMF Aid, G7 Says

The International Monetary Fund and Group of Seven leading economic powers on Wednesday praised Ukraine's determination to reform its ec...

Volunteer Gauge-Watchers Help Fine-Tune Weather Science

An observation system called CoCoRaHS is working to improve weather science, thanks to thousands of volunteers across the country who measur...

US, Iran Cite Progress as Nuclear Talks End

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says negotiators in the Iran nuclear talks have “made some progress” from where they were but “there are ...

March 4, 2015

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After Six Years, Little Change for Niger Delta's Former Militants

Goddy Kaduna used to lead armed men, but those days are behind him. He and his followers now get cash from the Nigerian government to keep t...

African Americans Recall 1960's Fight For Voting Rights

U.S. President Barack Obama and thousands of people will gather in the small southern U.S. city of Selma, Alabama, Saturday, March 7th to co...

Young Muslims Radicalized Online

Young Muslims are being radicalized ‘in their bedrooms’ through direct contact with Islamic State or ISIL fighters via the Internet, accordi...

In China, Britain's Prince William Calls for End to Ivory Trade

Britain's Prince William urged an end to the ivory trade on Wednesday, visiting a Chinese elephant sanctuary in the southwestern provinc...

Colombia Detains China Cosco Shipping Vessel Over Illegal Arms

Colombian authorities detained a vessel operated by China's largest shipping group for illegally transporting thousands of cannon shells...

Former Allies Sue Mugabe, ZANU-PF for Breaching Rules

Two former allies of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe whom he fired last year are suing the 91-year-old leader and his ZANU-PF party for u...

Boston Bombing Trial - Video on the Scene

Carolyn Presutti on the scene report from Boston from Voice of America http://ift.tt/1F9pmi1

Myanmar's Men and Women Stick to Tradition When Stepping Out

The sartorial choices of Myanmar’s men and women quickly catch the eye of any visitor to the tropical Southeast Asian country. But at a time...

Boston Marathon Bombing Trial to Begin

Boston will revisit some of its worst memories on Wednesday when federal prosecutors begin laying out their case against accused Boston Mara...

Indian Foreign Secretary Visits Pakistan After Months of Tension

India's foreign secretary is in Islamabad for a two-day visit, which India insists is part of his trip to all SAARC countries. But many ...

After Beef Ban, Hindu Groups Force Indian Abattoirs to Close

Members of a Hindu nationalist group have forced several abattoirs in the Indian state of Maharashtra to shut after a law was passed banning...

Myanmar's Men and Women Stick to Tradition When Stepping Out

The sartorial choices of Myanmar’s men and women quickly catch the eye of any visitor to this tropical Southeast Asian country. Most girls a...

India's RBI Surprises Again with Post-budget Rate Cut

India's central bank unexpectedly lowered its policy rate for the second time this year on Wednesday, backing a government that is pushi...