Sep 27 Watch News Wrap: NATO, Afghan Troops Step Up Pressure on Taliban In other news Monday, NATO and Afghan soldiers ramped up offensive efforts against Taliban fighters in Southern Afghanistan to reclaim an insurgent stronghold. Continue watching
Sep 27 China’s Rare Earth Deposits Add Trade Tensions to Dispute With Japan By Maureen Hoch Amid the recent rise in tensions between China and Japan over Japan’s arrest of a Chinese trawler captain, Beijing has unleashed a reported trading halt on an unusual commodity: rare earth. Rare earth are metallic elements that… Continue reading
Sep 27 Ban Expires on West Bank Construction; U.S. Seeks to Expand Internet Wiretaps Children of Israeli settlers walk past the construction site for 50 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Photo by Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images. With the 10-month ban on building in West Bank settlements expired as of Sunday… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch For Scientists, Collaborative Efforts Could Speed Medical Advances Special correspondent Dave Iverson reports on a new push to get scientists to work together to find medical cures sooner. Continue watching
Sep 23 New Gulf Oil Spill Flow Rate Estimate Released By Jenny Marder In the early days of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, estimates varied wildly on the amount of oil gushing from the blown-out well. As spring turned to summer and the oil kept flowing, the government revised its calculations. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch Oil Disaster Draws New Attention to Louisiana’s Coastal Erosion Even though the blown-out BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has been permanently sealed, Louisiana is continuing its battle against another environmental challenge: coastal erosion. Tom Bearden reports. Continue watching
Sep 22 ‘Art of Dirt’ and Rural Life An exhibit sponsored by International Development Enterprises in Denver features paintings and photos of rural life in places such as India, Honduras, Ethiopia and Vietnam, along with models of IDE's irrigation and water sanitation equipment for visitors to try. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch Adm. Allen on Oil Cleanup: ‘We’re Negotiating How Clean Is Clean’ Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen speaks with Jeffrey Brown about the permanent sealing of BP's blown-out oil well, what has been learned to prevent or contain future disasters, and what must be done to clean up the Gulf of… Continue watching
Sep 20 Oil Well Killed, But Legal and Environmental Battles Just Beginning The Development Driller III rig used to drill the relief well (Photo: Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg via Getty Images) After a weekend of final sealing and testing, the federal government on Sunday declared the Macondo oil well officially dead. Continue reading
Sep 20 Monday: Afghan Elections Marred by Fraud, Violence; Bombs Kill 36 in Iraq Afghan election workers move ballot boxes to the Independent Election Commission warehouse in Kabul on Monday. Photo by Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images. The Free and Fair Elections Foundation of Afghanistan, an independent observer group, is voicing "serious concerns" about… Continue reading