Dec 18 Watch Eight Virginia Parishes Vote to Break from Episcopal Church Eight Episcopal parishes in Virginia voted over the weekend to break with the Episcopal Church, over a number of issues, including homosexuality. Kevin Eckstrom, editor of Religion News Service, discusses what this might mean for other dioceses and denominations. Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch Proposals to Increase Troop Levels in Iraq Raise Questions at Home At a time when some policy-makers are calling for a drawback of combat forces from Iraq, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona and others have called for more troops to help end the conflict. Editorial page editors from around the… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch Outgoing Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Receives Farewell at the Pentagon The Pentagon held a farewell ceremony Friday for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. He has been the only person to hold the job twice. While he was praised today by the president and the vice president, he has received heavy criticism… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch Attack on Hamas Politician Sparks Fighting in Gaza Clashes erupted Friday between rival Palestinian factions after Hamas accused Fatah of trying to assassinate Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority government. Two experts on the Middle East analyze Palestinian tensions. Continue watching
Dec 15 Threat of War Rises in Somalia; Islamists Set Deadline for Ethiopian Withdrawal By PBS News Hour Residents of the Somali town of Baidoa stocked up on emergency provisions Friday as tensions between Somalia's Islamic Court fighters and government-backed Ethiopian troops heated up. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Iraqi Politicians Talk of Limiting Shiite Cleric al-Sadr as Chaos Continues Vehicle bombings and shootings continued in Iraq Wednesday, as reports continued of attempts within the government to limit the power of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. New York Times journalist Ed Wong reports on the situation from Baghdad. Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch Experts Still Divided After Iraq Study Group Recommendations Following up on a series of conversations about U.S. Iraq policy, six guests debate the Iraq Study Group and President Bush's response to the different options offered. Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch Chileans Mourn, Celebrate Former Dictator Augusto Pinochet’s Death Up to 5,000 supporters of former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet attended his funeral Tuesday, while several thousand protesters rallied in the city center. Elizabeth Farnsworth reports from Santiago on how Chileans are reacting to Pinochet's death. Continue watching
Dec 12 Truck Bombing Kills at least 60, Government Seeks to Limit al-Sadr Influence By PBS News Hour A man pulled into a busy Baghdad market Tuesday, called for help unloading his pickup truck and then detonated explosives, killing at least 60 people and wounding another 150. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch U.S. Policy in the Middle East Revisited Following Iraq Study Report The Iraq Study Group Report continues to raise prickly questions about the future of Iraq and America's role in the Middle East. Experts analyze how long troops will have to stay in the region and whether the Bush administration is… Continue watching