In a Malaria Hot Spot, Resistance Grows to a Key Drug

A dangerous new malaria strain has taken hold on the Thai-Cambodia border. Can an ambitious new plan to bring cheaper, better drugs to malarial countries like Cambodia stamp out the world's third deadliest disease before it's too late?

• A Better Deal on Malaria

London Museum Asks Public What to Pitch

The University College London is preparing to purge its 250,000-item museum collection. But instead of doing it behind closed doors, the university is asking the public to weigh in

Does Mexico City Need a Red-Light District?

As more sex workers hit the city's streets, the government wants to corral them into a special circuit. But Catholics, lawmakers and many prostitutes don't approve of the plan

• Amsterdam Dims the Red Lights

For His Asia Trip, Obama Has a United Brain Trust

As Barack Obama embarks on his first trip to Asia as President, he has the luxury of a largely united group of aides to guide him through the diplomatic and economic issues that have characterized U.S.-Asian relations for more than a decade

• Why Obama Will Meet with a Leader of Burma's Junta
• Looking Back on Obama's Overseas Trips
• Before Obama's Visit, a New Clash Between Koreas

Why Obama Will Meet with a Leader of Burma's Junta

Engagement is now the watchword for Washington's policy toward Burma and so the U.S. President will have a photo-op in Singapore with a general from the much despised regime

Kolkata: The Battle for Mother Teresa's Remains