Mar 15th, 2010 · Violence has exploded in Mexico's northeastern border cities, just across the Rio Grande from South Texas, as two drug mafias engage in a vicious new fight for turf. Gunfights have killed dozens of people, and communities up and down the river fear it's just the beginning.
Mar 3rd, 2010 · Thick rivers of mud engulfed three villages, burying worshippers as they prayed in a church and leaving more than 50 students who had sought refuge at a hospital missing under the debris of mud and boulders. The death toll stood at 86, and more than 250 were missing.
Mar 2nd, 2010 · Rivers of mud swamped houses, stores and at least one school after heavy rains in the Bududa region of this Central African country. Police and army forces were working to recover bodies in the remote villages, which officials said were a three-hour walk from a main highway.
Feb 19th, 2010 · The Mekong River is known as the Cuu Long, or Nine Dragons, in Vietnam, where the waterway splits and flows into the South China Sea. In the Mekong Delta, an economic boom has brought abundance for some, poverty for others, and worries about threats to the river.
Feb 18th, 2010 · Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in Asia. But it hasn't always been that way, and the Mekong River has been key to its periods of prosperity. Recovering from 20th-century atrocities, the country now faces a new danger: Development is putting the river and its fish at risk.
Jan 8th, 2010 · The headwaters of the Middle East's great rivers, the Euphrates and Tigris, originate in Turkey, which controls flow of the waters to the Arab world downstream. A three-year drought has devastated Syria and Iraq, fueling resentment against the Turks.
Jan 1st, 2010 · Lyricist and composer Johnny Mercer wrote over 1,000 songs, won four Academy Awards, and helped set the course of American popular music. Not too bad for a life's work. To celebrate the centennial of the man who brought us"Moon River" and "That Old Black Magic," musicians David Frishberg and Rebecca Kilgore sing a tribute.
Dec 24th, 2009 · In the southwest corner of Alaska, there are few roads to connect towns or villages. Instead, rural Alaskans must travel across a frozen river to buy gifts. That's become a challenge this year as warm temperatures have melted river roadways.