Jan 08 Somali President Returns Government to Embattled Capital By PBS News Hour Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf returned to Mogadishu on Monday, reclaiming the capital as the seat of his government for the first time since taking office in 2004. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch Former President Ford Returns Home to Michigan for Final Farewell Former President Ford's final memorial service was held at an Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday. The NewsHour offers excerpts of the eulogies as he was laid to rest. Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch African Countries Plead for International Aid in Somalia Ethiopian and Somali leaders are calling for international peacekeepers to help stabilize Somalia. Meanwhile, Kenya bolstered border security to keep fleeing Islamists from entering the country. Experts discuss what comes next for Somalia and the region. Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Dignitaries Reflect on Former President Ford at Funeral Dignitaries spoke of former President Ford at a funeral service Tuesday at the Washington National Cathedral. The NewsHour presents extended excerpts. Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch Solemn Ceremonies Mark Passing of a President President Bush joined thousands of others who paid their final respects to former President Gerald Ford, whose body laid in state in the Capitol rotunda. The NewsHour reports on the ceremonies and remembrances, including Tuesday's state funeral in Washington, D.C. Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch U.S. Military Death Toll in Iraq Reaches 3,000 The U.S. military death toll reached 3,000 troops with the death of a soldier from Texas on the last day of 2006. After a statistical profile of those killed, the NewsHour looks at how families of the fallen are dealing… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch New Media Develops Rapidly New media products and programming developed rapidly in the past year. Jeffrey Brown takes a look at the largest media stories of 2006, including the rise of YouTube and the ongoing struggles in the newspaper business. Continue watching
Jan 01 Ethiopian Backed Troops Take Last Major City from Somali Islamists By PBS News Hour After two weeks of clashes, troops of Somalia's fledgling U.N.-organized government swept into the southern city of Kismayo with the help of Ethiopian firepower Monday, taking back the final major city controlled by Islamic militias. Continue reading
Dec 28 Government Troops Capture Somali Capital from Islamists By PBS News Hour Nearly a week after Somali soldiers and their Ethiopian allies began fighting Islamic militias that claimed control over most the country, government troops entered Mogadishu unopposed Thursday forcing the Islamists to retreat. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch Former President Gerald Ford's Legacy Remembered In his brief presidency, Gerald Ford, who died Tuesday at age 93, struggled to heal the nation after the Watergate scandal forced his predecessor Richard Nixon from office. Four historians and scholars reflect on Mr. Ford, his presidency and his… Continue watching