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    Reluctant Ally

    Oct 22, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ... potatoes and other goods wait for hours, sometimes days, to cross. The empty tankers in line are heading for Iraq to pick up oil. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Hi. Where are you going? INTERPRETER: He's going to a spot between Mosul and Baghdad. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: How do things seem over there ...

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    On the Front Line: Incirlik Air Base in Turkey

    Oct 08, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ... no secret here that negotiations are under way to determine just what the United States might expect from Turkey if there is a war. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: It's a sensitive issue because political parties are in the midst of a hot campaign for parliamentary elections early next month. And politicians ...

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    Then and Now: Kavita Ramdas

    Sep 06, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ... a citizen of India. I spoke with her in Palo Alto, where she lives with her husband, who is from Pakistan, and their daughter. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Kavita Ramdas, thanks for being with us. KAVITA RAMDAS, Global Fund for Women: Thank you. It's nice to be with you. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH ...

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    Cartoon and Crisis in Venezuela

    Jun 18, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ... we have crapulas. Crapula is a concept worse than cupula, so the idea is-- to say it as simply as possible-- nothing has changed. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Zapata has touched people in more ways than through his editorial page cartoons. He has worked in radio, television, universities, and the theater as ...

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    Discussion: Catholics in Crisis

    Jun 14, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ... the Bishops maintain all of this close to the vest, they're going to get caught once again in a very, very hard spot. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: All right. Tom Roberts, give us a little perspective on this. You heard what the Archbishop said. You heard what Barbara Blaine and Father ...

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    In Memoriam: Mildred Benson and Ilana Nash

    May 29, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Ms. Nash, why did she have to be anonymous until the '80s, and why didn't she make any money off this? ILANA NASH: She did make some money. She was paid a flat fee. The way Edward Stratemeyer ran his company-- he's been called sort of ...

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    Arming Pilots

    May 03, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And if pilots could leave the cockpit and come help you out, would you support them having guns? PATRICIA FRIEND: We would certainly be more willing to talk about it if they were going to use it to defend the occupants of the cabin. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: All right ...

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    Aftermath

    Apr 16, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    Independent Television News reports from Nablus and Jenin. Then, Elizabeth Farnsworth discusses the aftermath of the Israeli incursion into the West Bank with Jessica Barry of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

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    Return to Power

    Apr 15, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    After a weekend of violence and confusion, President Hugo Chavez is back at Venezuela's helm despite an attempt to remove him from power. Elizabeth Farnsworth gets more on the story from The Miami Herald's Andres Oppenheimer.

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    Update: On the Ground

    Apr 08, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    Elizabeth Farnsworth discusses Secretary Powell's diplomatic mission to the Middle East with Todd Purdum of The New York Times, who is traveling with the Secretary.