May 03 Watch U.S.-Syrian Officials Meet at Iraq Summit U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Syrian officials in Egypt Thursday to talk about Syria's role in determining Iraq's future. A Washington Post reporter discusses the first high-level talks between the two countries since 2005. Continue watching
May 03 Rice Urges Syria to Keep Fighters out of Iraq By Admin, PBS News Hour In a rare face-to-face meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Syrian officials Thursday to do more to prevent foreign fighters from entering Iraq in order to help stabilize the war-torn nation. Continue reading
May 03 Fledgling Palestinian Government Faces Internal, External Challenges By PBS News Hour Six weeks after its formation, the Palestinian unity government is struggling with many of the same challenges it faced at its inception, including a crippling economic embargo and continued tensions between leaders of rival parties. Continue reading
May 02 Watch Colombian President Uribe Seeks Free-Trade Deal Colombian President Alvaro Uribe met with President Bush Wednesday for the first of three days of meetings with U.S. government officials over a proposed bilateral free trade agreement. Ray Suarez speaks with President Uribe about U.S. aid, trade and combating… Continue watching
May 01 Watch Colorado Town Copes with Immigration Raids Five months ago, federal agents arrested more than 200 illegal workers at a meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo. The NewsHour reports on how the town and immigrant community are dealing with the aftermath. Continue watching
May 01 Watch President Bush Vetoes Iraq War Funding Bill President Bush on Tuesday vetoed the $124 billion war funding bill, which included a timetable for troop pullout from Iraq. Two senators discuss what comes next. Continue watching
May 01 Turkish Court Annuls Presidential Vote Amid National Tension By Admin, PBS News Hour Amid large-scale protests, Turkey's highest court Tuesday annulled the parliamentary vote held last week to elect the ruling party's controversial presidential candidate. Continue reading
May 01 Venezuela Takes Control of Final Privately Run Oil Fields By PBS News Hour In a move meant to advance and fund his nationalism agenda, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday nationalized the remaining privately operated oil fields valued at $30 billion. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch New Report Details Reconstruction Failures in Iraq Billions of U.S. dollars have been invested in improving Iraq's infrastructure since 2003, but the effort has been beset by problems. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen discusses his latest report. Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch Former CIA Director Tenet’s Memoir Sparks Controversy Former CIA Director George Tenet's new memoir has drawn criticism from administration officials over his account of events leading up to the Iraq war. A former senator and an ex-CIA officer discuss the assertions in the book. Continue watching