Aug 18 Warring Factions in Liberia Sign Peace Accord The Liberian government and the two largest rebel groups -- Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) and the Movement for Democracy in Liberia -- signed a peace accord that calls for a two-year power-sharing government. Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch California Recall Chaos Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming considers the California recall race. Continue watching
Aug 15 Millions Struggle With Largest-Ever North American Power Outage Utility companies continued to return power Friday to roughly 50 million Americans and Canadians who lost electricity service during a power grid failure at 4:11 p.m. EDT Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 15 Televised Recall Debate to Exclude Davis, Most Candidates California's TV and radio broadcasters have scheduled a Sept. 17 debate for the top-polling contenders in the state's first-ever gubernatorial recall elections. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch Political Analysis by Shields and York Columnists Mark Shields and Byron York discuss the week's news, including the blackout and the California recall. Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Blackout: Power Failure Power slowly returned after yesterday's blackout across the northeast and midwestern United States. Terence Smith talks to Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jennette Bradley; Dennis Duggan, a columnist for New York Newsday; and Carole Leigh Hutton, executive editor for the Detroit Free… Continue watching
Aug 14 Electricity Blackout Hits Major U.S., Canadian Cities Massive power outages hit several major cities in the United States and Canada Thursday afternoon including New York, Toronto and Detroit, apparently from a power failure in upstate New York or Canada. Continue reading
Aug 14 California Certifies 135 Candidates in Recall Election California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley published a list of 135 "certified candidates" late Wednesday for the Oct. 7 election which could recall embattled Governor Gray Davis and replace him with one of the crowd of opponents. Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch U.N. Helping Hand in Iraq? The United Nations Security Council on Thursday approved a resolution to create the Iraqi Governing Council and authorized a U.N. assistance mission to Iraq. Policy experts discuss whether the U.S. will allow the U.N. to provide more help on the… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch Power Outage An electricity blackout that began at around 4 pm EDT Thursday paralyzed much of the northeastern United States and parts of Canada. A New York Times reporter and an energy expert discuss the likely causes of the power outage, and… Continue watching