Apr 29 Watch Stalemate Broken? Gwen Ifill talks with Hisham Melhem, Washington correspondent for the Beirut newspaper As-Safir, and David Makovsky, a senior fellow for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy about the Middle East agreement that would allow Yasser Arafat to leave his… Continue watching
Apr 26 Bush Calls on Israel to End Offensive By Admin President Bush on Friday renewed his call for Israel to end its nearly month-long incursion into Palestinian territory. Continue reading
Apr 26 18 Dead in German School Shooting By PBS News Hour A 19-year-old expelled high school student killed 17 people and himself in a shooting rampage at a German high school Friday. Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch Energy Politics Kwame Holman looks at the long journey of the energy bill recently debated in Congress. Continue watching
Apr 25 Accounting Reform Bill Passes House; Faces Senate Challenge By a 334-90 vote, the House approved Republican-backed legislation aimed at overhauling both the accounting industry and the corporate audit system in the wake of Enron's sudden collapse. Continue reading
Apr 25 Talks in Ramallah, Bethlehem Progress but With No Resolution Negotiations aimed at ending the standoffs at Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah and at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem moved forward Thursday, but with no solid signs of resolution. Continue reading
Apr 24 Bethlehem Standoff Drags on Despite Talks An Israeli sniper shot and wounded a Palestinian inside the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem on Wednesday morning, just hours before renewed negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians began. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch Paying Welfare Recipients to Relocate Spencer Michels reports from central California on paying welfare recipients to relocate to where jobs are more plentiful. Continue watching
Apr 23 Bethlehem Talks End Without Agreement The first direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators aimed and ending a standoff at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity adjourned Tuesday without agreement. Continue reading
Apr 23 Police Testify Militant Confessed to Role in Pearl Abduction Two Karachi police officers on Tuesday told a Pakistani court they heard British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh admit to coordinating the kidnapping of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Continue reading