Controversial Cleric Stirs Protests Upon Return To Pakistan
In Pakistan, a controversial Muslim cleric has been shaking up the political scene.Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri returned to his home country late last year, after spending eight years in Canada.
View ArticleAt A Pakistani Mobile Library, Kids Can Check Out Books, And Hope
On a cold, rainy morning, a van pulls up outside a rural elementary school on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan's capital. The fluorescent green vehicle provides a flash of color on this otherwise...
View ArticleGoogle's Eric Schmidt Heads To Another Isolated Asian Nation
Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, who went to North Korea in January, is making a short visit Friday to Myanmar, also known as Burma.Why is the senior executive of a U.S. technology powerhouse...
View ArticleBritain's Iron Lady, Former Prime Minister Thatcher, Dies
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died Monday following a stroke. She was 87. Despite many accomplishments during her 11 years in office, she was a divisive figure, and there is still...
View ArticlePort Of Baltimore Seeks Boost From Panama Canal Expansion
There is constant motion around four new super-sized Chinese-made cranes as they unload cargo from a ship at the Port of Baltimore's freshly constructed Seagirt Marine Terminal.Control cabs whir across...
View ArticleThe Global Afterlife Of Your Donated Clothes
On a bright and warm Saturday morning, there's a steady flow of people dropping off donations at Martha's Table, a charity in downtown Washington, D.C. A mountain of plastic and paper bags stuffed with...
View ArticleCan This Dominican Factory Pay Good Wages And Make A Profit?
Aracelis Upia Montero bounds through the front door of her wood and cinderblock house, calling out for her children. The bubbly 41-year-old Montero — whom everyone calls Kuki — proudly shows guests...
View ArticleEU-U.S. Trade: A Tale Of Two Farms
U.S. and EU officials begin talks Monday on an ambitious free-trade agreement aimed at generating billions of dollars of new trade. But negotiators must overcome barriers created by cultural and...
View ArticleFrench Maker Of Military Rafts Gets An American Identity
For roughly two decades, the Zodiac has been the U.S. military's choice for inflatable rubber rafts. These rafts, especially the high-end model F470, are not the recreational rafts you take out to the...
View ArticleIf It's Not Legal, Can A Strike On Syria Be Justified?
As the Obama administration argues for a military intervention in Syria in response to a chemical attack that it says killed more than 1,400 Syrians, analysts say the case for a strike lacks a legal...
View ArticleAsian Investors Find Hot Market In U.S. Properties
The General Motors Building in Manhattan is a majestic 50-story, white marble structure that takes up one full city block. This is prime New York City real estate. A flagship Apple store sits on the...
View ArticleTrains Gain Steam In Race To Transport Crude Oil In The U.S.
On a quiet fall morning in the Delaware countryside, a lone sustained whistle pierces the air. Within moments, a train sweeps around a broad curve, its two heavy locomotives hauling dozens of white,...
View ArticleBattle Of The Bottom Feeder: U.S., Vietnam In Catfish Fight
Bill Battle peers through the window of a pickup truck at his catfish farm, Pride of the Pond, near Tunica, Miss. The land is pancake-flat, broken up by massive ponds, some holding up to 100,000 pounds...
View ArticleNAFTA Opened Continent For Some Canadian Companies
Six brand new Challenger corporate jets sit on a showroom floor waiting to be picked up here at the Bombardier Aerospace plant on the outskirts of Montreal. Manager Frank Richie watches as technicians...
View ArticleAs Costs Soar, Who Will Pay For The Panama Canal's Expansion?
For five years, a multibillion-dollar expansion has been underway on the Panama Canal so that ships three times the current size can pass through the vital waterway.
View ArticleDo You Know Who Owns Your Favorite Liquor?
Liquor companies like to make drinkers think their favorite spirits always have been and always will be attached to a very particular place — Kentucky bourbon, Irish whiskey, Russian vodka.But like...
View ArticleAs Overseas Costs Rise, More U.S. Companies Are 'Reshoring'
For decades, American companies have been sending their manufacturing work overseas. Extremely low wages in places like China, Vietnam and the Philippines reduced costs and translated into cheaper...
View ArticleThe World Bank Gets An Overhaul — And Not Everyone's Happy
The World Bank, the largest international development institution, is undergoing a sweeping reorganization, the first of its kind for the bank in nearly a generation.The bank, based in Washington, has...
View ArticleA Boom In Oil Is A Boon For U.S. Shipbuilding Industry
Scott Clapham peers down into a cavernous dry dock at the Aker Philadelphia Shipyard. He points to massive pieces of steel, some covered with a light dusting of snow. When assembled, they will form a...
View ArticleCan Europe Wean Itself Off Russian Gas?
Many European nations were searching for ways to cut back their reliance on Russian energy long before the crisis in Ukraine flared last month.In 2006 and 2009, for example, the EU was rattled by the...
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