Feb 20 Watch Cyber Ads The campaigns of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, launched Web-based ads directly attacking the other for alleged connections to special interests.Two guests discuss the strategy of Web-based political ads and the unique advantages of… Continue watching
Feb 19 Aristide Loyalists Defend City; U.S. to Assess Security By PBS News Hour Militant defenders of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide vowed to shield Cap-Haitien from rebel forces Thursday, setting up barricades of car parts, scrap metal and trees on highways leading into the Caribbean country's second-largest city. Continue reading
Feb 17 Aristide Seeks Help As Rebels Capture Another Town By PBS News Hour Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is calling for international assistance in ending the conflict between rebels and armed government supporters that has raged across parts of the island nation for 12 days. Continue reading
Feb 17 Disney Board Rejects Comcast’s Buyout Bid By PBS News Hour The Walt Disney Co. board of directors late Monday unanimously rejected Comcast's $54 billion, all-stock offer to take over the company, saying the offer was too low. Continue reading
Feb 16 Roadside Bombs Kill Two U.S. Soldiers in Iraq; Governing Council Meets Roadside bombs killed two U.S. soldiers in separate attacks Monday in Baghdad and a city northeast of the capital, while the Iraqi Governing Council met to discuss prospects for a handover of power from U.S. administrators to Iraqis. Continue reading
Feb 13 Former Chechen Leader Killed in Qatar Bomb Blast By PBS News Hour Former Chechen President Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, suspected of having terrorist ties and wanted by Moscow, died Friday after an explosion ripped apart his car in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar, police said. Continue reading
Feb 13 Bush Campaign Launches Ad Attacking Kerry Special Interest Record For the first time, President Bush's reelection campaign directly criticized Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry Thursday in a Web video that called the Massachusetts senator "unprincipled."… Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch Drugs and Sports The trainer for the San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds was among the people indicted earlier this week in a federal steroid sting. Spencer Michels looks at the challenges new sophisticated performance-enhancing drugs are presenting in policing the Olympics and… Continue watching
Feb 12 Abizaid Convoy Attacked; Timing of Elections Still Uncertain By Admin The U.S. commander in the Middle East, Gen. John Abizaid, escaped unharmed from a rocket-propelled grenade attack on his convoy Thursday in the turbulent city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad. Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch Inside the Vatican Jeffrey Brown visits the Vatican and speaks with John Allen, Rome correspondent for National Catholic Reporter, about the 25th anniversary of the John Paul II papacy, the heath of the pope and the issues facing his successor. Continue watching