Jan 18 Watch Relief Effort Improves in Haiti While Security Concerns Linger In an interview with Jeffrey Brown, U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth Merten discusses the pace of the relief effort in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, security concerns in the capital, and complaints about U.S. management at the Port-au-Prince airport. Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Aid Groups Look to Break up Bottlenecks After Haiti Quake While 7,000 U.S. forces were scheduled to be in Haiti by the end of Monday, the U.N. is seeking to send additional peacekeepers to help break bottlenecks choking the aid effort. Jon Snow of ITN reports. Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Six Days Without Sunlight: Woman Survives in Bank’s Rubble The arrival of fresh aid was a welcome sight in Haiti on Monday, but aid workers struggled to get food, water, and medical supplies to survivors of last week's earthquake. Bill Neely of Independent Television News reports on one woman's… Continue watching
Dec 23 Somalia, Pakistan Rank Among Top Crises of 2009 By Larisa Epatko When reviewing 2009's humanitarian emergencies, several international aid organizations cited the massive needs of those displaced by fighting in places such as Somalia and Pakistan, and growing obstacles to accessing those in need of help. Continue reading
Dec 18 Obama Urges Action, Meets With Chinese Premier By Maureen Hoch President Barack Obama told world leaders Friday that it was time to come together on a climate change agreement, calling out stubborn positions that have stood in the way of progress, namely between rich and poorer countries. Continue reading
Jul 13 Pakistani Refugees Trickle Home to Swat Valley By PBS News Hour Several hundred refugees began returning home to Pakistan's Swat Valley on Monday, part of a government repatriation program to resettle an estimated 2 million people who were displaced from their homes last spring because of fighting. Continue reading
May 08 Watch Zardari Assesses War on Taliban, Appeals for Aid Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari describes his country's offensive against the Taliban and other militant threats, and calls for more aid in this new "war of the world."… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Congress Debates Increasing Aid to Pakistan As lawmakers debate boosting aid to Pakistan amid renewed fighting in the country's Swat Valley, President Barack Obama is preparing to meet with the region's leaders to discuss security concerns and counterinsurgency measures. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch IMF, World Bank Members Mull Third World Aid International Monetary Fund and World Bank officials are meeting in Washington to discuss international efforts to combat poverty and aid development in the face of the global financial crisis. Members talk about their concerns and ideas. Continue watching
Mar 02 U.S. Pledges $900 Million in Aid to Palestinians By Admin, PBS News Hour In her first trip to the Middle East as the nation's top diplomat, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the U.S. will contribute $900 million in aid to efforts to help Palestinians rebuild. Continue reading