Oct 13 Saudi Arabia to Hold First Local-Level Elections Saudi Arabia announced Monday that it would hold its first elections ever to select members for local municipal councils, in what is considered the first concrete political reform by the conservative Arab state. Continue reading
Oct 13 Los Angeles Times Defends Recall Coverage Los Angeles Times editor John Carroll on Sunday staunchly defended his paper's decision to publish articles detailing allegations of sexual improprieties by Republican candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger just days before the California recall election. Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch Condoleezza Rice Under Fire Since President Bush announced last week that Condoleezza Rice would head a task force on Iraq reconstruction, the national security adviser has come under fire for her management tactics and her council's interaction with other parts of the administration. Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch FTC Chairman Timothy Muris on Do Not Call List Timothy Muris, the head of the Federal Trade Commission that runs the Do-Not-Call list, discusses the continuing standoff in court and what consumers can expect in the meantime. Continue watching
Oct 10 Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Baghdad Shiite District Violence continued in Baghdad's Sadr City Thursday night, when two U.S. soldiers were killed and four wounded in an ambush during a routine patrol of the heavily populated Shiite district, U.S. military officials said Friday. Continue reading
Oct 10 Israeli Forces Target Smuggling Tunnels Israeli forces dispatched to destroy tunnels used to smuggle weapons raided a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip Friday, killing at least seven Palestinians and wounding up to 55. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Standing Fast Vice President Dick Cheney capped the first week of the new Bush administration public relations offensive on Iraq in an address this morning to the Heritage Foundation. Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch Political Analysis with Shields and Safire Jim Lehrer talks to syndicated columnist Mark Shields and William Safire of The New York Times about the Democratic debate, the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as California's governor and recent developments in the Bush administration's Iraq policy. Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch Democratic Face-off One year after the House of Representatives voted to authorize President Bush to wage war against Iraq, the nine Democrats who seek to replace him took aim at the president's war strategy during a debate in Phoenix last night. Continue watching
Oct 09 Palestinian Prime Minister Threatens to Resign Palestinian officials were struggling to persuade Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei not to quit Thursday, after the recently appointed official threatened to resign over a security dispute with President Yasser Arafat. Continue reading