May 08 Key Player: Hamas By PBS News Hour Hamas, the largest Islamist movement in the Palestinian territories, was formed in 1987 after the beginning of the first Palestinian uprising. Continue reading
May 05 Watch Porter Goss Resigns as Head of CIA Central Intelligence Agency Director Porter Goss resigned without reason Friday after less than two years on the job. Two intelligence experts discuss possible reasons. Continue watching
May 05 Sudan, Main Darfur Rebel Group Agree to Peace Deal By PBS News Hour The government of Sudan and the largest rebel group fighting for independence in the restive region of Darfur agreed to a peace deal Friday, but two smaller rebel factions refused to sign-on to the accord. Continue reading
May 05 Watch Nobel Laureate Sees Iran’s Hard-line Movement Growing Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi, a human rights advocate and dissident, has seen the hard-line policies of Iran intensify since the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ebadi, in Washington to promote her new book, discusses her homeland in an interview with… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Analysts Debate Goss Departure, Federal Spending Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks debate the resignation of CIA chief Porter Goss, federal spending priorities and the immigration protests. Continue watching
May 04 Congress Set to Hammer Out Competing Lobbying Reform Bills By PBS News Hour With House passage Wednesday of legislation aimed at reforming the relationship between lawmakers and lobbyists, a conference committee must now hammer out critical differences between the House bill and a measure adopted by the Senate in March. Continue reading
May 04 Watch Relatives of the Sept. 11 Victims React to Moussaoui Sentencing Zacarias Moussaoui was formally sentenced Thursday to life in prison for his role in the Sept. 11 attacks. Family members of the victims discuss their reactions to the trial and the verdict. Continue watching
May 04 Watch Judge Formally Sentences Moussaoui to Life Without Parole Zacarias Moussaoui was formally sentenced Thursday to life in prison for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. A New York Times reporter, who was in the courtroom for the sentencing, discusses the day's events. Continue watching
May 03 Watch President Bush Theatens Veto of Senate’s Emergency Spending Bill A $92 billion emergency spending bill already has the support of President Bush and approval by the House. However, the Senate has added $14 billion dollars for projects they consider emergencies, and the president is threatening to veto the bill. Continue watching
May 03 Watch Moussaoui Sentenced to Life in Prison, Spared Death Penalty A federal jury sentenced Zacarias Moussaoui to life in prison Wednesday after failing to unanimously agree that he deserved to be executed for his role in the Sept. 11 attacks. Continue watching