Oct 18 Watch Questions for Harriet Miers Documents Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers supplied the Senate with on Tuesday shed more light on her opinions. Following a background report, Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., discuss the new information about the candidate. Continue watching
Oct 17 South Africa Serves First Seizure Order on White Farmer In keeping with a recent decision to speed up its land redistribution program, the government of South Africa has served its first official notice expropriating the property of a white farmer, a land affairs official said Friday. Continue reading
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