17 August 2010 Photo: AP Internally displaced ethnic Tamils watch Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse during his visit to the Manik Farm refugee camp, in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka (file photo) The Tamil

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17 August 2010 Photo: Stagedoor Manor At the Stagedoor Manor summer camp theater, kids from all over the world put on 13 full-scale productions in three weeks.Among the many specialty summer camps in

17 August 2010 Photo: VOA - A. Greenbaum About 66,000 migrants enter the United States legally as H2B Guest Workers each year. Raquel Trejo Rubio has a job few Americans apparently want. The 28-year-o

17 August 2010 Sophisticated mathematical modeling could assist health planners in the fight against malaria. The ancient disease of malaria continues to be a scourge that sickens millions worldwide a

17 August 2010 Photo: AP President Barack Obama hosts an Iftar dinner, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan, in the State Dining Room at the White Ho

16 August 2010 Photo: VOA - E. Arrott People gather around 'Table of the Merciful' in Cairo's Khan al-Khalili bazaar, 12 Aug 2010 The women gather first, even before planks are raised as makeshift tab

16 August 2010 Jim White studies really old ice. He is director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder and lead U.S. investigator on the North Greenlan

10 August 2010 Here in the United States, the rate of obesity doubled over a span of 16 years. Americans continue to gain weight and it's having a negative impact on their quality of life, according t

14 August 2010 Photo: AP A Russian Emergencies Ministry soldier floods a peat bog to prevent an outbreak of fire near the town of Shatura, some 120 km (75 miles) southeast of Moscow, 13 Aug 2010Aviati

14 August 2010 Photo: AP President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, hidden, and daughter Sasha, walk over to greet people at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida upon their arrival,

13 August 2010 Photo: AP This combination photo shows Fidel Castro attending a special session of parliament in his first official government appearance in front of lawmakers in four years in HavanaFi

13 August 2010 Photo: AP Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, joined by White House press secretary Robert Gibbs (L) meets with reporters in the White House, 13 Aug 2010, for briefing on the

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13 August 2010 Photo: AP Indian laborers work on one of the venues of the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, 10 Aug 2010India is preparing to host the Commonwealth Games in October 鈥

12 August 2010 Photo: AP Police detain a woman - one of the protesters who gathered for an unsanctioned rally, known as the Day of Anger - in front of the Moscow mayor office, 12 Aug 2010The sidewalk

12 August 2010 Photo: AP Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, speaks with US Mideast envoy George Mitchell during their meeting at Abbas' office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 10 Aug 2010 G

12 August 2010 Photo: Zenith Aircraft Company A STOL CH 701 by Zenith Aircraft Company On a dusty, windswept runway, a small yellow and black airplane lifts into the sky. At the controls is Nareeman A

12 August 2010 Photo: AP Poison lead singer Bret Michaels poses for a portrait as he promotes his new solo album "Custom Built" Bret Michael's ties to Nashville are evident on his new album, Custom Bu

12 August 2010 The US Labor Department says new jobless claims hit a six month high last week as 484,000 Americans signed up for unemployment assistance. The report comes after the Federal Reserve sai

12 August 2010 Photo: VOA - D. Wissing US farmer-soldiers assist Afghan farmers with crops like this small purple flower, which is being raised for saffron, the valuable spice the bloom produces. Shar

11 August 2010 Photo: VOA - M. Saner The minor league crowd gets a close-up look at Christian Colon, a 21-year-old first round draft pick for the Blue Rocks.Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware, is

10 August 2010 Photo: Sgt 1st Class Roger J. Mommaerts Jr./ US Army Doctors perform surgery using a robotic system.Doctors routinely use robotic devices to assist them during surgery. But what if ther

10 August 2010 Photo: FAO A woman looks happy after receiving bags of food The report is a good news/bad news story. Zimbabwe has had several years of bad harvests. And, the country's critical food sh