Aug 20 U.S., Poland Sign Missile Defense Agreement By Admin, PBS News Hour Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland. The agreement infuriated Russia, which warned of possibly attacking the former Soviet satellite. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch Chilean History Examined in ‘The Judge and the General’ Decades after Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship claimed the lives of thousands of Chileans, a new documentary by Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco sheds light on Chile's troubled past. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Farnsworth, a former NewsHour correspondent, about the film. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Educators Spark Dialogue on Underage Drinking A coalition of college and university presidents recently urged lawmakers to discuss making age 18 the legal limit for drinking as a means to curb alcohol abuse among students. Two university officials take up the controversial initiative that has sparked… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Rice Production Makes a Comeback in War-ravaged Cambodia Amid rising food prices and supply shortages, Cambodia has managed to increase its food production by turning the war-ravaged country's former "killing fields" into rice fields. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the transformation. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Candidates Trade Iraq Jabs While Courting War Vets During recent speeches at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama exchanged attacks on Iraq policy and military experience. Kwame Holman reports on the latest news from the campaign trail. Continue watching
Aug 19 Coordinated Insurgent Attack Near Kabul Kills 10 French Soldiers By PBS News Hour A group of French paratroopers was ambushed by a group of 100 Taliban-linked insurgents outside Kabul late Monday, killing 10 soldiers and wounding 21 others as a wave of attacks against foreign forces continues to rock Afghanistan. Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch McCain and Obama Seek to Reach Out to Evangelical Voters Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama addressed evangelical Christians at pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback church this weekend. Experts examine how the evangelical movement has changed since the last election and how the candidates are reaching out to the group. Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Pakistan Faces Political Challenges After Musharraf’s Exit Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf resigned Monday in the face of an impeachment bid. Analysts examine the end of the Musharraf era and the future for U.S. ties to the country. Continue watching
Aug 18 Reports Contradict Russia’s Claim of Withdrawal By Admin, PBS News Hour Russia said Monday its military is withdrawing from Georgia, but left it unclear where its troops and tanks will operate under the cease-fire that ended more than a week of fighting in the former Soviet republic. Continue reading
Aug 18 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Resigns By Admin, PBS News Hour Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation Monday, just days before impeachment proceedings against him were set to begin in Parliament over his attempts to impose authoritarian rule on his nation. Continue reading