Jul 07 Attacks Kill Three Soldiers, General Says No More Troops Needed in Iraq The outgoing commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said he saw no reason to increase the number of troops deployed in the war-torn country, despite continuing attacks that left another three American soldiers and a British journalist dead in Baghdad. Continue reading
Jul 07 U.S. Begins TV Broadcasts to Iran The U.S. government launched a new Persian-language television broadcast in Iran on Sunday, beaming 30-minute nightly newscasts to the millions of Iranians watching satellite television. Continue reading
Jul 03 Key Riyadh Bombing Suspect Killed in Firefight The top al-Qaida official sought by Saudi Arabia for his role in the May suicide attacks in the Saudi capital was killed in a gun battle as police moved in to arrest him. Continue reading
Jul 03 Eight U.S. Soldiers Wounded in Iraq Attacks Iraqi fighters wounded eight U.S. soldiers in separate attacks on Thursday, a day after President George Bush sent a message to would-be assailants saying the U.S. had sufficient force to deal with any resistance. Continue reading
Jul 03 FCC Releases New Media Ownership Rules The Federal Communications Commission late Wednesday published its final report on the revised media ownership rules, even as lawmakers and consumer rights groups announced various plans aimed at making sure the new rules never take effect. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch Editorial Views: Elusive Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq Terence Smith discusses the importance of the thus far unsuccessful search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq with four editorial page writers from across the country. Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch The Afterwar in Iraq Two U.S. soldiers died in Iraq -- one after a mine exploded and the other from injuries he received in an ambush Tuesday. Jim Lehrer speaks with New York Times reporter Edmund Andrews about violence against coalition forces and the… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Russian Media Crackdown Terence Smith discusses the recent closure of Russia's last independent TV broadcaster, TVS, and the Russian parliament's proposed bill to restrict press coverage of the upcoming elections with Ellen Mickiewicz and Yevgeny Kiselyov. Continue watching
Jun 30 BBC Reporter Threatens to Sue British Minister for Libel BBC correspondent Andrew Gilligan said he would sue Phil Woolas, the Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, over the allegation that he "misled" a parliamentary inquiry into Prime Minister Tony Blair's intelligence to make its case for the Iraq… Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch In Memoriam: Katherine Hepburn Four-time Oscar winner Katherine Hepburn died Sunday. Her movie career included The Philadelphia Story, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and The African Queen. Continue watching