Dec 14 Coalition Forces Acted on Intelligence to Launch Raid Some 600 American soldiers swept into a rural farm just after 8 p.m. local time Saturday, carrying out a mission aimed at capturing or killing the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch Security Challenge in Afghanistan Two years after the United States ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, remnants of that regime are threatening to disrupt the current constitutional conference there. Margaret Warner discusses the security situation in Afghanistan with New York Times correspondent Carlotta… Continue watching
Dec 11 Attacks in Iraq Kill One U.S. Soldier, Injure Two Journalists Iraqi suicide bombers in a truck blew themselves up at the gates of a U.S. Army base in Ramadi on Thursday, killing one soldier and wounding 14 others. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch Central Casting in Local News Broadcasts More local newscasts are increasingly broadcast from the same location in Hunt Valley, Md. Terence Smith goes inside the studios of Sinclair Broadcast Group, which has been criticized for its consolidation that has taken the local out of local news. Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch Talking on the Web AT&T, Time Warner and Qwest all announced initiatives this week to offer long distance and local calling service using Internet technology. Ray Suarez discusses this cutting-edge telecommunications technology with Slate Magazine Media and Technology columnist David Bennahum. Continue watching
Dec 10 U.S. Bars War Opponents From Bidding on Iraq Contracts The Pentagon has limited the countries that can bid on $18.6 billion worth of reconstruction contracts in Iraq to those that supported the U.S.-led war, a move that has drawn international criticism. Continue reading
Dec 09 Three Killed and Dozens Wounded in Car Bomb Attacks in Iraq A series of suicide bombings and rocket-propelled grenade attacks in Iraq on Tuesday killed three Iraqis and injured dozens of others. Meanwhile, Japan has said it will send non-combat troops to the war-torn country. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch On the Homefront: Centralia, Washington Three soldiers from Fort Lewis, Wash., died in northern Iraq yesterday when a road embankment collapsed and their vehicle fell into an irrigation canal. Kwame Holman reports that residents in their hometown of Centralia, Wash., have begun to measure their… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch Gay Marriage in Massachusetts Massachusetts' highest court last month ruled in a 4-3 decision that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional and ordered the state legislature to come up with a solution within 180 days. The state's ruling has brought the legal… Continue watching
Dec 01 Boeing Chief Resigns Amid Defense Contract Ethics Scandal Boeing Co. chairman and chief executive Phil Condit unexpectedly resigned Monday amid scandals involving unethical conduct in its military contracting practices that have harmed the aviation giant's business prospects. Continue reading