May 04 Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens in Northern Iraq By PBS News Hour A suicide bomber posing as a job applicant at a police recruiting center in the city of Irbil blew himself up Wednesday, killing at least 50 people and wounding some 100 others. An Iraqi militant group claimed responsibility for the… Continue reading
May 04 Watch Military Judge Declares a Mistrial in Iraq Prison Abuse Scandal Case A military judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial in the case of Lynndie England, a key figure in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib. Continue watching
May 04 Watch World Press Photo's 2004 Exhibition of Best Photojournalism Opens in New York The World Press Photo's exhibition of the best photojournalism of 2004 is now open at the U.N. headquarters in New York and will travel to 85 cities around the world in the coming year. Media correspondent Jeffrey Brown speaks with… Continue watching
May 04 Watch Scores Die in Northern Iraq Suicide Bombing A suicide bomber posing as a job applicant at a police recruiting center in the city of Irbil blew himself up Wednesday, killing at least 50 people and wounding some 100 others. Continue watching
May 03 Iran Says It Will Resume Nuclear Activity By PBS News Hour On the opening day of a U.N. conference on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Iran announced Tuesday that it will continue pursuing all "legal" nuclear activities. Continue reading
May 03 Watch U.S., Italy Issue Reports on Checkpoint Death The Italian government Tuesday issued a terse rebuttal to a U.S. Army report clearing American soldiers in the shooting death of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq. Two journalists discuss the Italian and American investigations into the shooting. Continue watching
May 02 Trio of Car Bombs Mark Latest Violence in Iraq By PBS News Hour Three car bombs exploded in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least eight people in the latest surge in violence since a new Iraqi government was named last week. Continue reading
May 02 Types of Nuclear Bombs By PBS News Hour In an atomic bomb, the energy or force of the weapon is derived only from nuclear fission - the splitting of the nucleus of heavy elements such as plutonium or highly enriched uranium into lighter nuclei. Continue reading
May 02 Watch New Wave of Violence in Iraq Leaves 130 Dead A new wave of violence in Iraq has left at least 130 people dead since a new government was adopted Thursday. Continue watching
Apr 29 Insurgents Unleash Multiple Bomb Attacks in Iraq By PBS News Hour Insurgents set off some 11 bombs in Iraq Friday, killing at least 24 people including seven Iraqi civilians and one American soldier. More than 100 people were wounded in the attacks. Continue reading