Apr 23 Hundreds Believed Dead After N. Korean Train Explosion Reports of a devastating death toll from North Korean train explosions near the Chinese border took shape Friday with government officials saying several hundred were believed killed in the blast, the British ambassador to North Korea said Friday. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch Images of War Department of Defense spokesman Bryan Whitman and Dana Milbank of The Washington Post debate the Pentagon's ban on media coverage of the return of fallen service members that was broken twice this week. Continue watching
Apr 22 Thousands Feared Dead Or Injured in N. Korea Train Blast As many as 3,000 people were killed or injured when two trains loaded with fuel collided and exploded at a North Korean train station near the Chinese border, hours after leader Kim Jong Il had passed through, according to South… Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch Dangerous Business Violence across Iraq has increased the security risks for private-sector companies working to rebuild the country. Ray Suarez discusses the challenges these contractors face with Stan Soloway of the Professional Services Council and Sheba Crocker from the Center for Strategic… Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch Battlefields and Bylines Conditions in Iraq have become so treacherous for journalists that the networks and cable channels have taken the unusual step of coordinating their coverage in unprecedented ways.Terence Smith discusses reporting in Iraq with John Burns, Baghdad bureau chief of The… Continue watching
Apr 21 Car Bomb Kills Dozens in Basra; Fighting Flares in Fallujah Five suicide car bombers targeted police stations around the southern Iraqi city of Basra during Wednesday's morning rush hour, killing at least 65 people, including school children, and wounding scores more. Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch Suicide Bombings Five simultaneous suicide car bombs tore through the British-occupied city of Basra in southern Iraq early this morning. Independent Television News correspondent Julian Manyon reports on the latest violence. Then, Ray Suarez follows up in a conversation with New York… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch Breach of Trust The editor of USA Today retired Tuesday in the wake of a scandal involving the paper's former star foreign correspondent, Jack Kelley. Terence Smith discusses the scandal with USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page and Geneva Overholser, a professor… Continue watching
Apr 20 Attack on Baghdad Jail Kills At Least 22 Prisoners Insurgents fired 12 mortars at a U.S.-run prison in Baghdad prison Tuesday, killing 22 detainees and injuring 92, coalition military officials said. Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch A Fallen Son More than 1,000 people came to the small mountain town of Dubois, Wyo., to pay respects for native son and Marine Private First Class Chance Phelps, who was killed recently in Iraq. Spencer Michels reports on the effects of a… Continue watching