May 22 Guilty Verdict in Church Bombing Trial By PBS News Hour The bomb detonated on a Sunday morning while children were preparing for a youth-led service on Sept. 15, 1963. Killed in the blast were 11-year-old Denise McNair and Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Addie Mae Collins, all aged 14. Continue reading
May 22 Indian Leader Warns of Coming "Decisive Fight" in Kashmir As nearly one million Indian and Pakistani troops continued to mass along the border and near the disputed region of Kashmir, India's Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee rallied his troops to be ready for war. Continue reading
May 22 Suicide Bomber Kills Three in Tel Aviv Suburbs A Palestinian bomber exploded Wednesday evening in Rishon Letzion, a suburb of Tel Aviv, killing four, including the attacker, and wounding at least 40 people, Israeli officials said. Continue reading
May 22 House Passes Afghan Aid Package The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.4 billion aid package for Afghanistan on Tuesday, urging President Bush to quickly devise a plan to build internal security within the war-torn country. Continue reading
May 22 Watch New Relationship: U.S. and Russia Assessing U.S.-Russia relations as Presidents Bush and Putin meet in Moscow. Continue watching
May 22 Watch Senator Jim Jeffords: Tipping Point Gwen Ifill talks to Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.), who changed the balance of power in Congress one year ago with his historic party switch. Continue watching
May 21 India, Pakistan Exchange Fire Along Disputed Border India and Pakistan exchanged heavy mortar and machinegun fire along their border and in the disputed Kashmir province Tuesday, as a key Kashmiri separatist was gunned down. Continue reading
May 21 Govt. Rules Out Guns in Cockpits The federal government will not allow pilots of commercial airplanes to carry lethal weapons in the cockpit, John Magaw, the undersecretary of transportation security, announced Tuesday at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing. Continue reading
May 20 Two Suicide Bombers Strike, Killing 3 in Netanya In the first major assault since the end of the Israeli incursion into the West Bank, two suicide bombers launched attacks in the last 24 hours. Continue reading
May 20 Celebration, Challenges Welcome New East Timor Jubilant crowds swarmed the streets Monday as foreign dignitaries and locals alike welcomed the emergence of the world's newest nation, East Timor. Continue reading