Politics

FCC Gives States Power to Set Telecom Rules

In a move widely seen as a setback to telecommunication deregulation efforts, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to give states more power to regulate local telephone competition rules.

Indictment Charges Eight With Supporting Militant Group

Eight people, including four U.S. residents, were charged in a 50-count indictment with supporting, financing and relaying messages for a Palestinian militant group blamed for the deaths of more than 100 people in and around Israel.

German Court Convicts Man in Sept. 11 Attacks

By PBS News Hour

A court in Hamburg, Germany convicted a Moroccan student on 3,066 counts of accessory to murder Wednesday, for assisting Mohammed Atta and two other perpetrators of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

Pres. Bush Not Swayed by Anti-War Protests

President Bush said Tuesday he would not allow the weekend's protests against a possible war in Iraq change U.S. policy toward the government of Saddam Hussein.

Diplomatic Moves

The United States and Britain continue diplomatic efforts to garner support for a possible attack on Iraq. Two experts assess the likelihood of a second United Nations resolution authorizing military action against Iraq.

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Iraq Views

Jim Lehrer gets two views of this weekend's war protests and the diplomatic battle over what to do about Iraq from Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and Germany's ambassador to the United States, Wolfgang Ischinger.

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Judicial Politics: Judicial Nominee Miguel Estrada

Kwame Holman reports on the continuing struggle in the Senate over the confirmation of judicial nominee Miguel Estrada.

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Texas Court Denies PBS Request to Film Jury

Texas' highest criminal court on Wednesday rejected the PBS Frontline program's request to videotape jury deliberation of a death penalty trial of a minor.

Al-Qaida Remains "Resourceful, Merciless" Threat to U.S.

The heads of the FBI and CIA reported to Congress that al-Qaida, the loosely defined terrorist network headed by Saudi exile Osama bin Laden, remains a potent enemy, bent on launching further attacks on American targets domestically and overseas.

Plans for a Post-War Iraq

After a report on a meeting held with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, four humanitarian and reconstruction experts consider what a post-Saddam Iraq will look like.

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