Jun 04 Watch Other News: 4 U.S. Soldiers Die in Afghanistan, Iraq In other news, 4 U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a Brazilian navy helicopter recovered the first wreckage from an Air France flight that was lost over the Atlantic Ocean Sunday. Continue watching
Jun 04 Reaction to President Obama’s Cairo Speech By Admin, PBS News Hour A roundup of reaction from officials and citizens across the Middle East and elsewhere to President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world in Cairo Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 04 Reporter’s Notebook: D-Day Remembrance Stirs More Than Memories By Admin, PBS News Hour Planning for Sunday's World War II D-Day commemoration in France was temporarily marred by the failure of the Queen of England to get an invitation. Michael D. Mosettig, the NewsHour's senior producer for foreign affairs, looks at the flap. Continue reading
Jun 03 Obama Seeks Saudi King’s Counsel on Eve of Address to Muslim World By PBS News Hour President Barack Obama began his latest effort to open a dialogue with the Muslim world with a visit to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 03 What’s the Collateral Damage of GM’s Bankruptcy? Question: What’s the collateral damage or ripple effects of GM’s bankruptcy? Paul Solman: Funny you should ask. We’re in the process of scripting a brief story for tonight’s NewsHour addressing this very question. (Brief for us, that is: For the… Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch McChrystal Predicts Hard Road Ahead in Afghanistan Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, tapped to take command of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, faced questions on his leadership plans at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Analysts take a look at his… Continue watching
Jun 02 Fact Sheet: War in Afghanistan As the leadership of the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan changes hands, a look at a few key facts on the current status of the war in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Jun 02 Leader Profile: Student Activist Yang Jianli By PBS News Hour Yang Jianli, a student activist at the Tiananmen Square anti-government protests in 1989, now lives in the United States and continues to advocate for human rights 20 years later. Continue reading
Jun 02 Leader Profile: Student Activist Wang Dan By PBS News Hour Leading up to the crackdown in Tiananmen Square in June 1989, Wang Dan was one of the most high-profile student activists, spearheading efforts to try to bring democratic change to China's regime. Continue reading
Jun 02 Leader Profile: Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng By PBS News Hour In the weeks leading up to the military crackdown in Tiananmen in 1989, Chinese Premier Li Peng came to represent the conservative wing of the Communist Party leadership, speaking for those who favored the harshest response to student demonstrators. Continue reading