Jun 17th, 2008 · While U.S. airlines are struggling with rising fuel costs and customer complaints, foreign airlines are doing quite well — some even very well. Co-host Steve Inskeep talks to David Field, an editor with Airline Business Magazine, about why international airlines are prospering while American carriers aren't.
Jun 2nd, 2008 · In India, all eyes were on Sunday's final of the new Indian Premier Cricket League. The league plays a modified form of cricket, full of Western sports influences, but it has been a commercial success.
Mar 28th, 2008 · Presidential elections will be held Saturday in Zimbabwe. President Robert Mugabe faces his toughest opposition during his 28 years in power as Zimbabwe, once among the most prosperous countries in Africa, is in economic chaos. With inflation at 100,000 percent, a loaf of bread costs millions of Zimbabwean dollars.
Dec 27th, 2007 · Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, insists the housing bubble had relatively little to do with him. After guiding the economy for 19 mostly prosperous years he now faces criticism for drastically lowering interest rates.
Jul 20th, 2007 · Hotels catering to a new class of prosperous, observant Muslims are cropping up around Turkey.
Feb 12th, 2007 · In Dearborn, Mich., the nation's largest Arab-American community, Shia and Sunnis have long lived together mostly peacefully. But it appears that some of Iraq's sectarian violence is being mirrored in the Detroit area, particularly in recent months. As the Muslim communities have grown and prospered, more mosques have been built and some of the divides between these sects have been brought into sharper focus.
Jan 30th, 2007 · Semi-autonomous Kurdistan is the safest and most economically prosperous part of Iraq. Authorities have managed to protect their territory from the violence tearing the rest of the country apart, but internal problems are growing. The town of Halabja has seen a mass emigration of young Iraqi Kurds.
Jul 22nd, 2006 · Star Trek: New Voyages continues the journey of Captain Kirk and the U.S.S. Enterprise. The endeavor is part of a fan film movement.