World Dec 17 In India, Modi Is a Popular, Polarizing Figure in Politics // Narendra Modi, chief minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, is running for a fourth term in elections that wrap up this week. Results are expected Thursday. He's hailed for his efforts to revive the economy in western India…
Nation Dec 06 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight On Thursday's NewsHour: The latest on the fiscal cliff talks, and proposals to trim Social Security and Medicare The Russia connection in the Syrian war A Virginia city copes with rising sea levels A path to high school graduation And,…
Nation Dec 05 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight On Wednesday's NewsHour: Citigroup slashes 11,000 jobs in a bid to cut costs Concerns that Syria's government will use chemical weapons Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker on the prospects for a deal on the fiscal crisis Warmer and more acidic…
Nation Dec 04 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight On Tuesday's NewsHour: NATO is expected to greenlight the deployment of Patriot missiles to Turkey to counter Syrian rocket threats Economist Paul Krugman on the back-and-forth in the fiscal cliff deadlock And journalist Tom Ricks on the decline of American…
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Nation Nov 28 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight On Wednesday's NewsHour: President Obama warns of a middle-class tax hike if Congress doesn't act The Palestinian bid for limited recognition at the United Nations Competing proposals for immigration reform And, re-using digital data gathered for the campaign Correspondent…
World Nov 27 CFR Backgrounder: Palestinian Statehood at the U.N. By Robert McMahon, editor, and Jonathan Masters, online editor/writer for the Council on Foreign Relations Introduction Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 27. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images.The creation of an independent…
Nation Nov 27 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight On Tuesday's NewsHour: The pressure to solve the looming fiscal crisis U.S.-Mexico drug policy on the table at the White house America's long history of borrowing money And, tons of bank notes are ferried from Moscow to…
World Nov 23 Response From Iranian Government to NewsHour Report About Dissidents The Iranian flag flies at the Iranian permanent mission to the United Nations in Vienna. Photo by Dieter Nagl/AFP/Getty Images. On Friday's NewsHour, special correspondent Spencer Michels reports on allegations the Iranian government is arresting people for criticizing…
World Nov 23 In Egypt, Dueling Protests Over President Morsi’s New Powers In the same week as he successfully mediated a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi granted himself new political powers, sparking rallies both for and against him on Friday. The Islamist leader gained praise from…