Aug 6th, 2008 · A record drought, made worse by razing of fields and greenbelts to limit havens for insurgents, is plaguing farmers across Iraq. The drought has particularly hit hard in Diyala, a province where fighting still rages.
Jul 10th, 2008 · Joseph Zliber, 90, doesn't like the crime and poverty plaguing his old Milwaukee neighborhood. So the real estate magnate pledged $50 million over the next decade to revive low-income areas. He wants others to pledge another $150 million.
Jan 16th, 2007 · Historian Thant Myint-U is a former U.N. official and a native of Burma. His new book, The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma -- part memoir, part history -- explores the problems plaguing the country.
Dec 27th, 2006 · The war in Iraq has taken a toll on that nation's children. Poor families are forcing their children to work. Sometimes child labor is a family's only source of income. Corey Flintoff reports.
Aug 21st, 2006 · Ten years ago, researchers announced they were closing in on a vaccine for malaria, one of the deadliest diseases plaguing the developing world. But like many scientific breakthroughs making news when they're first announced, progress toward a vaccine has run into complications.
Oct 20th, 2005 · Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas meets President Bush Thursday for the first time since Israel completed its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip last month. Gaza has grown more chaotic since the Israeli pullout, and Abbas is under pressure from both Israel and Washington to impose order.
May 18th, 2005 · The troubles plaguing King-Drew Hospital in Los Angeles are extensive but not unique. Ed Gordon discusses the problems faced by urban medical centers across the country -- especially those in communities of color -- with Dr. Ivan Walks, former health chief in Washington, D.C., and Alan Sager, director of the Health Reform Program at the Boston University School of Public Health.
Mar 8th, 2005 · A team from the Environmental Protection Agency undertakes the difficult task of cleaning up spilled mercury at Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C. No one in the school was contaminated, but the building has been closed on and off for more than a week while the cleanup proceeds.