Apr 05 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Expresses Concerns Over Karzai's Taliban Remarks In other news Monday, the Obama administration voiced continuing concerns over relations with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, and gunman in Iraq killed a Shiite family of six on the heels of a violent weekend in Baghdad. Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch News Wrap: Vatican Distances Itself from Minister's Remarks In other news, Pope Benedict's personal minister sparked outrage on Good Friday by comparing criticism of the pope over church abuse scandals to "collective violence" against Jews. Also, Afghan President Hamid Karzai tried to smooth relations with the U.S. after… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Jones: Local Corruption Affects Afghans' Mindset, Trust in Government Jim Lehrer speaks with National Security Advisor Gen. Jim Jones about the difficulty of rooting out government corruption in Afghanistan, how the administration is dealing with pirates and about his own job security. Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch White House Turns Focus to National Security The Obama Administration turned to its attention to foreign affairs this week. The president traveled to Afghanistan to address corruption reform with President Hamid Karzai and hosted French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as both countries pressure Iran over its nuclear program. Continue watching
Mar 31 Tonight on PBS, I.M. Pei Finds Life Reflection in Return to China Tonight on PBS, American Masters follows architect I.M. Pei back to the hometown he left as a young man, to design a new, modern museum for the city of Suzhou, China. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch Google-China Dispute Puts Internet Freedoms Back in the Spotlight Chinese officials were quick to condemn Google's decision to move its search engine from mainland of China because of censorship and deterioration of the relationship following hacking in January. Gwen Ifill gets two points of view on the deteriorating relationship… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch Google's China Exit Elicits Mixed Reactions Google announced Monday that it will move its search portal from the Chinese mainland to Hong Kong because of dissatisfaction with censorship and Internet security. Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch News Wrap: Google Pulls China Search Engine In other news Monday, Google announced it has moved its search engine from China to Hong Kong to circumvent censorship laws on the mainland and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that new settlements in East Jerusalem would undermine the… Continue watching
Mar 17 An Unseen Modern China, Now On-Screen at the MoMA Inside China, the country at the heart of our new, global economy, one director is projecting a very different view of what modernization looks like in real human terms. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch News Wrap: Troop, Civilian Casualties Mount in Afghanistan In other news Monday, six NATO troops were killed after car bomb explosions across Afghanistan. Also, former Serb leader Radovan Karadzic blamed an Islamic plot for bloodshed in Bosnia when he took the stand in his war crimes trial at… Continue watching