Oct 17 Early Numbers Show Iraqis Adopting Constitution By PBS News Hour As vote-counting continued Monday, preliminary and unofficial results reportedly showed Iraqis approved a draft constitution that many Sunnis opposed. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch Counting Votes in Iraq Preliminary results from Saturday's referendum show Iraq's draft constitution heading toward ratification, despite claims of fraud. A reporter in Baghdad provides an update. Continue watching
Oct 14 Massive Recovery Effort Raises Cost Concerns By Admin, PBS News Hour The devastation left by hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Gulf Coast will require the largest recovery and rebuilding effort ever undertaken by the United States. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Critical Vote in Iraq Iraqis head to the polls Saturday to vote on a draft constitution. Four Middle East experts debate the referendum's importance to peace and stability in Iraq. Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch Religion in the Court A report reviews the role of religion in the nomination of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court. Continue watching
Oct 13 Runoff Likely in Liberia Presidential Election By PBS News Hour In Liberia's first post-war elections, early poll results on Thursday predicted a runoff between soccer star George Weah and former Finance Minister Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Continue reading
Oct 12 Sunni Party Endorses Draft Constitution With Changes By PBS News Hour Members of Iraq's Shiite, Kurdish and Sunni political parties came to a last-minute agreement Wednesday on a draft constitution Iraqi citizens are scheduled to vote on this Saturday. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch Changes in Iraqi Constitution After weeks of quarreling, Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish leaders in Iraq settled on last-minute changes in the draft constitution. A professor of history and a former state department officer who advised the chairman of the constitutional committee discuss the new… Continue watching
Oct 11 Insurgent Violence Heightens Ahead of Iraqi Constitution Vote By PBS News Hour In stepped up violence leading up to Saturday's referendum on a new Iraqi constitution, at least 40 people were killed Tuesday in a string of attacks, including a car bombing at a crowded market. Continue reading
Oct 10 Under New Deal, Merkel Becomes German Chancellor By PBS News Hour Conservative leader Angela Merkel has reached an agreement with rival Social Democrats and will become Germany's first female chancellor. Continue reading