Jan 04 Watch Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty to Federal Conspiracy Charges in Florida A day after pleading guilty on three charges in a deal with prosecutors Tuesday, former Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty in Miami to federal conspiracy and wire fraud charges. Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch Abramoff Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Cooperate in Probe Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion, and agreed to cooperate in a probe that may implicate members of Congress. Continue watching
Jan 02 Former Syrian Vice President Faces Treason Charges after TV Interview By Admin, PBS News Hour Officials in Damascus and the U.N. continued to react to the explosive allegations made by the former Syrian vice president in which he said Syrian President Bashar Assad threatened Rafik Hariri several months before Hariri was assassinated. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch A Renewed Imperial Presidency? Three historians discuss what the furor over President Bush's domestic intelligence program says about the centuries-old battle over presidential powers in times of war. Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Russia and Ukraine Feud Over Natural Gas Pipeline A dispute between Russia and the Ukraine over natural gas prices and distribution has threatened much of Europe's natural gas supply. After a background report from Independent Television News, two guests discuss the causes of the pipeline dispute and the… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch Shields and Brooks Discuss 2005 Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss Jack Abramoff's legal troubles, the winners and losers of 2005 and the year's most significant events, including Hurricane Katrina and the rise of political Islam. Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch Rise and Fall of Jack Abramoff A Washington Post reporter discusses the background of Jack Abramoff, a Washington lobbyist at the center of a far-reaching congressional corruption scandal. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch Uncovering the Past in Guatemala A report on unearthing the remains of victims of Guatemala's civil war. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch Iraq Election Aftermath An independent body agreed to review allegations of voter fraud in Iraq's parliamentary elections on Dec. 15 after Sunnis and secular Shiites protested preliminary results that gave a lead to a religious Shiite alliance. A reporter provides an update on… Continue watching
Dec 28 Former Enron Executive Pleads Guilty, to Cooperate with Prosecutors By PBS News Hour Richard Causey, Enron Corp.'s former executive vice president and chief accounting officer, pleaded guilty Wednesday to securities fraud in connection to the filing of the company's 2001 quarterly report. Continue reading