Apr 07 Watch Obama Urges Iraqis to Take Larger Role in Controlling Country In an unannounced trip to Iraq Tuesday President Obama met with national leaders, urging the Iraqis to take a larger role in controlling the country and reiterating his pledge to have all military personnel out of the country by 2011. Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch Other News: Obama Reaches Out to Muslim World In other news, President Obama spoke to the Turkish parliament, urging better cooperation between the west and the Muslim world and a string of six bombings in Baghdad killed at least 36 people. Continue watching
Mar 10 Second Baghdad Bombing in 3 Days Leaves Dozens Dead By PBS News Hour A suicide bomber killed at least 33 people and wounded at least 20 Tuesday in a market on the western outskirts of Baghdad, in the second major attack in the city in three days. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch Other News: Geithner Makes TARP Changes; 4 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner finalized a plan outlining changes to the TARP plan Congress passed last year, and four U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq Monday in a suicide car bombing. Continue watching
Nov 24 Three Bombings Kill at Least 20 in Baghdad By PBS News Hour Three bombings struck Baghdad Monday morning in separate attacks that killed at least 20 people. The bombings came two days before a planned vote on a security pact that would allow U.S. troops to stay in the country for three… Continue reading
Aug 20 Twin Bombings in Algeria Kill 11, Injure 31 By PBS News Hour Twin car bombings in the Algerian town of Bouira on Wednesday killed 11 people and wounded 31 others, state-run media and witnesses said. Continue reading
Aug 12 Bomb Targets Pakistani Military as Top al-Qaida Figure Reported Killed By PBS News Hour A bomb struck a Pakistani military truck Tuesday in the country's restive northwest, killing as many as 14 people, as reports emerged that a senior al-Qaida commander had been killed in clashes with Pakistani forces near the Afghan border. Continue reading
Aug 04 Attack Kills 16 Border Police in Northwest China By PBS News Hour Two men slammed a dump truck into a group of jogging policemen then threw explosives into nearby barracks early Monday in far northwest China, killing 16 and wounding at least 16 more, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch Tensions in Iraqi City of Kirkuk Raise Security Concerns Following a lull in violence in Iraq, bombings in the cities of Baghdad and Kirkuk killed dozens and wounded hundreds Monday. Analysts examine the state of security in Iraq and discuss the roots of ethnic and political tensions in the… Continue watching
May 13 India on Alert after Blasts Kill as Many as 60 By PBS News Hour Dozens of people were killed Tuesday in western India after a series of bomb attacks ripped through the busy city of Jaipur. Continue reading