Aug 25 Russia Investigates Cause of Twin Plane Crashes Investigators have found the flight data recorders from two planes that crashed within minutes of each other late Tuesday night in Russia, killing all 89 people aboard. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch The Second Report on Prisoner Abuse at Abu Ghraib Gwen Ifill discusses a second report released by the military Wednesday on the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal with Scott Horton, president of the International League for Human Rights, and retired Army Lt. Gen. John Le Moyne. Continue watching
Aug 24 U.S. Soldier to Plead Guilty in Abu Ghraib Abuse Case Military prosecutors agreed Tuesday to drop some of the charges against the highest-ranking U.S. soldier accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in exchange for a guilty plea, the soldier's lawyer told the Associated Press. Continue reading
Aug 24 Contempt Orders Dropped After Time Reporter Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Case Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper gave a deposition to special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald in the federal investigation into the alleged leaking of a clandestine CIA agent's name to the media, Time magazine announced Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch Pre-trial Hearing of the Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Tuesday's pretrial hearing marked the first time any of the nearly 600 detainees at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, naval base has faced formal charges. Margaret Warner speaks with New York Times reporter Neil Lewis, who was inside the courtroom. Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch Ineffectual Leadership and Poor Training at Abu Ghraib Tuesday's high-level panel report on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal found that poor training, ineffectual leadership and ignored warning signs all contributed to the now well-documented abuse that occurred there. Gwen Ifill speaks with two members of the commission behind… Continue watching
Aug 23 Battles Rage Between U.S. Forces, Shiite Militia in Najaf Fighting between U.S. Marines and loyalists to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr escalated in Najaf Monday as the U.S. military stepped up pressure on the militiamen to hand over control of the Imam Ali Shrine to religious authorities. Continue reading
Aug 20 Militants Remove Weapons From Shrine in Najaf Militants supporting radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr removed their weapons from the sacred Imam Ali Shrine in central Najaf Friday, bringing an end to a two-week standoff in the holy city. Continue reading
Aug 20 How Local Businesses Coexist with Wal-Mart By Larisa Epatko Although Wal-Mart has gained a reputation for driving out mom-and-pop stores, the city of Charlottesville, Va. represents an example of how homegrown stores and the retail giant can coexist. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch Athletes Around the World Compete at the XXVIII Summer Olympic Games American athletes have swam, scored and vaulted to victory in many events at the XXVIII Summer Olympic Games in Athens. Jeffrey Brown discusses the Americans' success in gymnastics with former U.S. Olympic gymnast and coach Muriel Grossfeld and the overall… Continue watching