Apr 23 Yeltsin, First President of Russian Federation, Dies By Admin, PBS News Hour Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who helped steer the final collapse of the Soviet Union and the creation of the Russian Federation, died Monday of heart failure at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. He was 76. Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch Military Forces in Afghanistan Combat Resurgent Taliban NATO and Afghan forces are launching operations aimed at pre-empting a springtime offensive by Taliban militants. Independent Television News reports on their efforts. Continue watching
Apr 20 War Supporters Continue to Back President Despite Low Poll Numbers By Admin, PBS News Hour After the Democrats won control of Congress in November 2006, fueled largely by public discontent over the continued violence in Iraq, the Republican base of support for the war seemed to have lost some of its leverage. Continue reading
Apr 20 Militia Stages Attacks in Niger Delta Seeking Local Control of Oil By PBS News Hour The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, first emerged in January 2006 when it launched coordinated attacks on oil installations and kidnapped four oil workers to protest the Nigerian government and foreign oil companies. Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch Baghdad Bombings Kill Scores in Worst Violence in Months A series of car bombings killed at least 183 people in Baghdad on Wednesday, striking predominately Shiite areas. A reporter in Iraq gives the latest on the attacks, which marked the worst violence since a security crackdown two months ago. Continue watching
Apr 18 U.S. Warns of New Sanctions Against Sudan if Darfur Violence Continues By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush said Wednesday the United States would seek to tighten economic sanctions and impose new ones on the Sudanese government if it does not take firm steps to end the fighting in Darfur. Continue reading
Apr 16 Global Warming Poses National Security Threat, Report Finds By Admin, PBS News Hour Global climate change could have an increasing effect on U.S. strategic interests and will likely pose "a serious threat to America's national security," a panel of retired generals and admirals said Monday. Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch Influential Author Kurt Vonnegut Dies at Age 84 Kurt Vonnegut, known for dark humor and satire in his novels and other writing, died Wednesday in New York City at the age of 84 after sustaining brain injuries from a recent fall. Two experts discuss Vonnegut's influence on American… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Democrats Criticize Military Tour Extensions Following an announcement from the Pentagon that tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan will be extended from 12 months to 15 months, Democratic lawmakers again criticized President Bush's war policy. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Suicide Bomber Hits Iraq’s Heavily Fortified Green Zone A suicide bomber on Thursday killed at least eight people, including two lawmakers, at the Iraqi parliament in the heavily protected Green Zone in Baghdad. Experts discuss security there and how the attack could have happened. Continue watching