Aug 20 Friday: Mideast Peace Talks to Resume on Sept. 2 Updated 12:00p.m. EST Secretary of State Clinton and special Mideast envoy George Mitchell announced details on the upcoming Israeli-Palestinain peace talks as expected Friday morning. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will resume direct talks… Continue reading
Aug 20 Unplanned Aberration: How Mosque Discussion Got Derailed If the camera had continued rolling Monday night at the NewsHour after I completed a segment on the debate over the so-called Ground Zero mosque, you would have seen me beating my head against the anchor desk. I am not… Continue reading
Aug 20 The Morning Line: Biden to the Rescue By David Chalian Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine tells the New York Times that there's "gloom and doom" among his fellow Democrats who are facing the prospect of devastating losses in November's midterm elections. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to… Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch Shields and Gerson on Obama's Campaign Role, Mosque Debate Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson, sitting in for David Brooks, analyze the week's top news stories, including President Obama's shifting political fortunes and the debate over a mosque near Ground Zero. Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch News Wrap: 3 Coalition Troops Killed in Afghanistan In other news Friday, three more coalition troops were killed in Afghanistan bringing the monthly death toll for international troops up to 31. In Iraq, an al-Qaida group has claimed responsibility for a Tuesday bombing that killed 61 people. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch In Australia, Economy Faring Well But Central to Upcoming Elections In Australia, the economy is booming but it still remains the central focus of this weekend's election. Special correspondent Stuart Cohen reports on the country's elections for a Parliament that will choose the prime minister. Continue watching
Aug 19 Australian Election a Fight to the Finish If you think politics is a bare knuckles sport in this country, try Australia, where the brawling inside the major parties can be more intense than the contests between them. This weekend's national elections are proving the point again. Continue reading
Aug 19 Thursday: Combat Troops Leaving Iraq; Jobless Claims Reach 500,000 Seven years and five months after the start of the war in Iraq, the last American combat troops have been making their way out of the country. Troops from the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, moved across the… Continue reading
Aug 19 The Morning Line: Misconceptions About Obama's Faith on the Rise By David Chalian It's quite easy to imagine President Obama itching to get up to Martha's Vineyard with his family Thursday afternoon and kick back for 10 days. He's got a relentless unemployment rate to battle, an upcoming fall campaign season in which… Continue reading
Aug 18 Radio Frequency Identification Tags: Identity Theft Danger or Modern Aid? By Spencer Michels In a recent NewsHour report on cybersecurity, we showed security expert Chris Paget, shown above, climbing on a 29th floor hotel balcony in Las Vegas to demonstrate how he could read radio frequency identification tags at… Continue reading