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Pledging "to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims," President Obama reached out to the world's 1.5 billion followers of Islam Thursday, addressing an appreciative crowd at Cairo University.

After 14 years in power, the African National Congress no longer cuts a youthful figure on the nation's political landscape, and young people say the party has let itself go. "The ANC came with a lot of promises and all the promises were never delivered," one 35-year-old says.

American reporter Jill Carroll is released unharmed in Iraq, three months after she was kidnapped. "I was treated well, but I don't know why I was kidnapped," Carroll said in an interview on Baghdad television. Her captors had demanded that female detainees be freed or Carroll would be killed.

Scientists constructed a beating rat heart in the lab. They used a scaffolding of tissue created from a rat cadaver. Then, living heart cells were added and given a jolt.

President George Bush applauds the United Arab Emirates' progress toward democracy. But evidence of Arab resentment toward the president — who is both deeply unpopular and a vital ally — is visible all over the region.

An international panel has unanimously recommended that Pluto retain its title as a planet, and it may be joined by other undersized objects that revolve around the sun.

This weekend, a conference will gather visionaries, developers, gallery owners, and creatives to discuss the role art can have in key urban areas. We'll talk with the conference organizers and speakers about developing arts districts in San Diego and look at what other cities have done successfully.

New research suggests that icebergs may serve as "hotspots" for ocean life. San Diego scientists are part of a team that studied the floating ice islands in the Antarctic. The icebergs may also help f

In recent years, some lawmakers and gun control groups have pushed for a national database that would record the ballistics signature of every gun sold in the United States. But a new report from the National Research Council says the database would return too many potential matches to be practical.

How will stability and peace be achieved in the Middle East? We'll talk with Israel's ambassador to the UN about her country's role in the region.