Jul 11 North Korea Agrees to Return to Nuclear Talks By PBS News Hour North Korea agreed Saturday to resume multilateral talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program five months after saying it would never do so. Continue reading
Jul 07 Al-Qaida Says Egyptian Envoy Killed By PBS News Hour Al-Qaida in Iraq said on a Web site Thursday that it had killed the Egyptian top envoy in Iraq, Ihab al-Sherif, who had been abducted days earlier. Continue reading
Jul 06 London to Host 2012 Olympic Games By PBS News Hour London beat Paris in the final round of balloting Wednesday to secure the Olympic Games in 2012. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch Protecting Anonymous Sources A federal judge sentenced New York Times reporter Judith Miller to jail Wednesday for refusing to divulge her source to a grand jury investigating the administration's leak of a CIA operative's identity. Two media experts analyze the sentencing and what… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Olympic Choice The International Olympic Committee early Wednesday chose London to host the 2012 Summer Games over Paris, the early favorite. Social sciences professor and Olympic historian John MacAloon talks about the Olympics bidding process. Continue watching
Jul 05 Insurgents Target Arab Diplomats in Iraq By PBS News Hour Insurgents attacked Arab and Muslim diplomats in Iraq over the past few days, seizing Egypt's top envoy to Iraq in Baghdad and wounding Bahrain's top envoy in a kidnapping attempt. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch Soldiers’ Stories Three soldiers and one Marine who all recently returned from Iraq speak about their experiences in Iraq during the insurgency, which is steadily increasing. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Soldiers’ Stories U.S. soldiers and a Marine who have returned from Iraq assess the effectiveness of the insurgency and speak about the frustrations they faced trying to bring peace to a divided and dangerous country. Continue watching
Jun 29 Helicopter Hit by Gunfire Before Crashing in Afghanistan, 17 Missing By PBS News Hour The U.S. military Wednesday confirmed that enemy gunfire hit a Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan before it crashed Tuesday during a clash with insurgents in a troubled eastern region of the country. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch National Security Advisor, Senator React to President’s Speech on Iraq Some prominent congressional Democrats criticized President Bush's speech, saying he shouldn't have invoked the memory of the Sept. 11 attacks when urging support for Iraq. National security advisor Stephen Hadley and Sen. Joseph Biden offer their reactions to the speech. Continue watching