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11-Year-Old Travels Alone Across Ghana for Chance to Receive Surgery

Fuseina's Journey to a New Smile.

(ACCRA, Ghana) - Among the 200 patients we screened in Accra, Fuseina inspired us all with her courage and perseverance.

Guardian: This was a Proper Piece of Journalism

A depressing, numbing film that rang on long after the final credits rolled.

(LONDON Guardian UK) - Channel 4 followed up last year's damning investigation into the brutal endgame to civil war there.

Focusing on four events, this harrowing film, again presented by Jon Snow, uncovered new evidence about the extent of the atrocities – execution of prisoners including children, deliberate shelling of civilians and depriving them of food and medical treatment, like some kind of medieval siege.

Infertility Rates Rising for Canadian Couples

For their analysis, researchers used data from a sample of 4,412 couples from the 2009-2010 Canadian Community Health Survey.

(ONTARIO Postmedia News) - Infertility is on the rise in Canada, according to the first study in nearly two decades to measure the proportion of Canadian couples who are having difficulty conceiving.

The researchers didn't set out to discover why the numbers are increasing.

Sri Lanka: Reconciliation and Truth

the two Channel 4 documentaries have been valuable reminders of the horrific reality behind much modern warfare.

(LONDON) - In May 2009, Sri Lanka’s civil war came to an end. On 14 March 2012, Channel 4 broadcast Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished, a follow-up to an earlier documentary.

This focused on the last few months of the armed conflict, when large numbers of civilians were killed or injured.

75-150 Pheasants Liberated in Oregon by Animal Liberation Front

The ALF issues claim about release of birds from property in Scio, Oregon.

(LOS ANGELES) - On the night of March 14th, we infiltrated the property Queener Ridge Pheasant Company, which breeds ringneck pheasants primarily to be murdered in commercial canned hunts.

After jumping a barbed wire fence, we made our way to the main breeding facility where we dismantled a huge section of an aviary that held between 75-150 pheasants; liberating them into the night sky.

Feds to Allow Sea Lion Killings in Oregon

The agency pegged the current West Coast population of California sea lions at nearly 300,000

(SEATTLE LID) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has granted a five-year permit for the killing of California sea lions that are eating threatened salmon and steelhead near Bonneville Dam in northwest Oregon.

Oregon, Washington and Idaho may each year kill up to 92 sea lions that have a “significant negative impact” on at-risk salmon and steelhead runs on the Columbia River.

Murder in Afghanistan

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales named as suspect in Afghanistan massacre.

(MELBOURNE) - The revelation of Sgt. Bales’ identity comes (The Lookout) after criticism from Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the lack of U.S. cooperation in investigating the massacre. Karzai also questioned whether just one American soldier was involved.

Radiation Risk to El Toro Marine Veterans

Marines may have unknowingly been exposed to radiation in Hangar 296 at closed California base.

(IRVINE, CA) - The former Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro, California is an EPA Superfund, closed by the Marine Corps in 1999 and most of the former base sold at a public auction in 2005.

There may have been as many as 300 Marines and more unknowingly exposed to radiation from 1969 to 1999 in the Wing Supply Support Division attached to MWSG-37, MCAS El Toro.

Social Networking Goes Viral

“KONY 2012" skyrocketed to popularity on YouTube, propelled by thousands of posts on Twitter and Facebook, according to a CNN Wire.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - The election of Barack Obama ushered in the use of political networking that hadn't been seen before.

Amazingly, the message failed to register in the minds of the Republican candidates now vying for votes as nominees. Instead of recognizing the potential that the Obama campaign exploited, Republican contenders have been raising huge capital contributions to support traditional speaking engagements and TV ads.

An Anniversary Present for Oregon Small Businesses

The Affordable Care Act -- principally through the insurance exchanges -- will lower health care costs for small businesses by up to 12 percent.

(SILVERTON, OR) - As the second anniversary of the federal Affordable Care Act approaches, the Oregon legislature delivered a nice present for Oregon small business owners and their workers: legislation advancing the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange.