May 13 Bombings Rock Riyadh, At Least 20 Killed Three nearly simultaneous suicide bombings hit residential housing complexes in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh where many foreigners live. The bombings early Tuesday morning killed some 20 people including at least seven Americans. Continue reading
May 13 Senators Examine Media Ownership Ahead of FCC Ruling Senators on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to use caution as the agency prepared for a final vote on June 2 on whether to ease media ownership regulations. Continue reading
May 13 Death Toll in Chechnya Truck Bombing Rises A truck loaded with explosives ripped apart a government building in northern Chechnya Monday morning, killing at least 54 people and wounding dozens more according to local authorities. Continue reading
May 13 Watch Essay: Reality TV Essayist Clarence Page of The Chicago Tribune considers the television coverage of the war in Iraq. Continue watching
May 12 Truck Bomb Kills At Least 37 in Chechnya A truck loaded with explosives ripped apart a government building in northern Chechnya Monday morning, killing at least 37 people and wounding more than 190. Continue reading
May 12 Watch New York Times: Management Failure? In the wake of the New York Times' trouble with plagiarism, Terence Smith reports on how newspapers can prevent such fraud and fabrication on a grand scale. Continue watching
May 12 Watch The Return of Shiite Leader Ayatollah Muhammad Bakr al Hakim Elizabeth Farnsworth reports from Basra on the return of Shiite leader Ayatollah Muhammad Bakr al Hakim and the the effort to bring security and political stability to postwar Iraq. Continue watching
May 09 Security Concerns Loom Large in Chechnya A tense security situation continues to dog the Russian republic of Chechnya, despite efforts by Moscow to reduce the federal forces patrolling the war-torn region and encourage Chechens who have fled the country to return to their homeland. Continue reading
May 09 Watch New York Times: The Search for Truth Media Corespondent Terence Smith speaks to New York Times Executive Editor Howell Raines about the resignation of former reporter Jayson Blair amid charges of plagiarism, and how his paper is handling the situation. Continue watching
May 07 Watch Background: The New Iraq Ian Williams of Independent Television News reports on the struggle of stabilizing Iraq. Continue watching