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In a poor, remote area of Southern Sudan, schoolgirls attend class under a sprawling tree. A group of women from Boston who promised to build a school in the village find the vow is a difficult one to keep.

Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of oil-rich and democracy-poor Kazakhstan, meets President Bush at the White House on Friday. Nazarbayev has been accused of rigging elections, keeping a tight lid on the media. But his country has considerable amounts of oil and is in a strategically valuable location for the U.S.

As an architect of the Iraq war, Paul Wolfowitz has been a lightning rod for critics. Supporters see the embattled World Bank president as a principled defender of democracy. Critics say he's a hawk obsessed with solving the world's ills through military might.

Imagine

The Host/Interview with Bong Joon Ho

Proposition 84 on the California ballot asks voters to allow the state to borrow money to fund a variety of water quality and conservation projects. The measure has been endorsed by state agencies and

Nicaraguans go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president. Left-wing Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega holds a strong lead in polls. Corruption scandals and a failure to attack deep poverty have undermined 16 years of U.S.-backed conservative governments in Managua.

If you've ever traveled the well-worn road to Julian, you have probably driven past it, and missed it. Spencer Valley is the smallest school district in the county, made up of only one school and less

Ratatouille

In China these days, people are talking about sex — extramarital affairs, prostitution and rich men taking mistresses. The women involved in these relations are increasingly protesting abuse and exploitation.