Aug 22 Watch Northwest Workers on Strike Maintenance workers at Northwest Airlines remained on strike for the third day on Monday after refusing to accept paycuts and layoffs. Following a background report, two experts discuss the implications of the strike for Northwest and the entire airline industry. Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch Iraqi Constitution Struggle After struggling for weeks and missing one major deadline, Iraqi leaders put off a final vote today on the new constitution. Three experts discuss the ramifications. Continue watching
Aug 19 Militants Fire Rockets At U.S. Navy Ships in Jordan By PBS News Hour Attackers in the Red Sea port city of Aqaba, Jordan Friday, fired three rockets at U.S. war ships anchored nearby, missing their apparent targets, but killing a Jordanian soldier on land. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch The Nation's Victor Navasky on Opinion Journalism The Nation's Victor Navasky on Opinion Journalism… Continue watching
Aug 17 Triple Bomb Blasts in Baghdad Kill At Least 43 By PBS News Hour Three car bombers struck near a bus station and hospital in Baghdad Wednesday, killing at least 43 people and wounding dozens in the worst attack in Iraq's capital in weeks, police said. Continue reading
Aug 16 Engine Problems Down Commercial Aircraft in Venezuela By PBS News Hour A West Caribbean Airways plane flying from Panama to the Caribbean island of Martinique with some 160 people aboard crashed early Tuesday near a cattle farm in western Venezuelan after experiencing engine problems. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch Cindy Sheehan's Protest Following a background report, two columnists discuss the recent political firestorm caused by Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a solider killed in the Iraq war, and her antiwar protest in Crawford, Texas. Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch Iraq's Constitutional Process Iraqi officials delayed the drafting of their inaugural constitution until next week. Following a background report, a former State Department lawyer, who has been a legal adviser in Iraq, discusses the decision to extend the deadline. Continue watching
Aug 15 Loss of Cabin Pressure Blamed in Greek Crash That Killed 121 By PBS News Hour The preliminary investigation into the deadly plane crash that killed 121 in Greece Sunday has found the jetliner likely lost all air pressure before crashing north of the Athens airport. Continue reading
Aug 15 Indonesia, Rebels Sign Aceh Peace Deal By PBS News Hour Indonesian officials and rebels from the Free Aceh Movement, or GAM, signed a truce Monday ending nearly three decades of fighting over the province of Aceh's independence. Continue reading