Mar 10 Militant Group Poses Threat to Nigerian Oil Industry By PBS News Hour The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, first emerged as an armed militia group in January 2006 when it launched coordinated attacks on oil installations. Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch Dubai Ports Pledges to Transfer Ports to U.S. Entity Under intense political pressure, Dubai Ports World announced Thursday it would transfer the operations of its U.S. ports to an American firm. Two experts assess the political and business forces shaping Thursday's announcement and what may be next in the… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch Newspaper Chains Face Tough Financial Challenges Thursday was the final day for companies to submit their financial plans for bids on the Knight Ridder Co., the nation's second largest newspaper chain. Jeffrey Brown gives a Media Unit report on the financial pressures at large newspaper chains. Continue watching
Mar 08 Iran, U.S. Spar Over Nuclear Research; Iran Referred to Security Council By PBS News Hour The United States and Iran exchanged threats over Iran's nuclear program as the International Atomic Energy Agency agreed Wednesday to refer the matter to the U.N. Security Council. Continue reading
Mar 08 Thousands of Sudanese Protest Proposed U.N. Troops By PBS News Hour Thousands of Sudanese protesters, shouting "down, down USA," rallied in Khartoum on Wednesday against the proposed deployment of U.N. peacekeepers to the troubled western Darfur region. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch Famous Photographer Gordon Parks Dies at 93 Gordon Parks, the first black American photojournalist for Life magazine and the first leading black filmmaker with movies such as The Learning Tree and Shaft, died on Tuesday at his home in New York. He was 93. Continue watching
Mar 07 U.S. Rejects Russian Plan to Allow Iran to Enrich Some Uranium By PBS News Hour The Bush administration said Tuesday it opposes allowing Iran to enrich any uranium, a process used in the creation of a nuclear bomb, and hopes the U.N. Security Council moves to rebuke Iran over its nuclear program. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch Fears Grow of Civil War in Iraq As violence and political instability continue in Iraq, there is a growing concern about the country descending into a full-scale civil war. Three guests discuss the security situation and the ongoing process to build a new government. Continue watching
Mar 03 Nuclear Watchdog Mulls Action Over Iran Nuclear Program By PBS News Hour Negotiations between Iran and the European Union over Tehran's nuclear program appeared to yield little ahead of a meeting of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog on Monday. Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch Photos From Civil Rights Era Published for First Time Jeffrey Brown reports on a Birmingham newspaper's first publishing of powerful protest and demonstration photos taken during the civil rights era. Brown speaks with a former intern who discovered the photos and the reporter who wrote the accompanying article. Continue watching