We've never heard a voice as sweet as this one — Rumi is a star! Sure, he's also an Indian Ring-necked Parakeet and not a renowned opera singer. But you could've had us fooled! In fact, lots of people ...

Birds are slept on as pets. Everyone wants a cat or a dog. Kids beg their parents for hamsters all the time. You know what you never hear? "Mommy, can I pretty please get an Indian Ringneck Parakeet?" ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The south side of Kabul is a desolate place--bomb-blasted buildings, mud streets and houses like medieval hovels--but its narrow and decrepit passageways are once again home to an ...