John Defterios: Eastern Congo has huge potential. He says the region could become richer and attract international tourists if it were a little bit more peaceful. "The Congolese elites who are holed up in Kinshasa ... have to show that they care about what is going on within their own borders"
Our correspondent reports from
eastern Congo, where a three-decade-long conflict has killed thousands, and forced more than five million people from their homes--with no end in sight. Researchers are searching for better
analgesics: ones that reduce pain without the risk of addiction or corollary physiological damage. And a contest in southern Alaska to select the internet’s favourite
fat bear.