Arts Jan 06 This Paris program helps refugees tell their stories through art By Jeffrey Brown, Frank Carlson
World Jul 24 Watch News Wrap: Waiting on Asylum, Snowden Obtains Document to Enter Russia News Wrap: Waiting on Asylum, Snowden Obtains Document to Enter Russia…
World Dec 29 Watch Ivory Coast Remains in Political Limbo as Civil War Fears Linger Despite calls from the U.N. and West African leaders to accept election results and step down, Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has refused to surrender power and retains control of the nation's military forces. Nearly 200 people have been killed…
Economy Apr 24 Watch Corruption Case Exposes Scope of Bribery in Nigeria Last year, Albert Jack Stanley, the former CEO of KBR, pleaded guilty to bribery for masterminding the payment of more than $180 million to Nigerian officials. PBS Frontline correspondent Lowell Bergmen reports on the damage done by large-scale bribery in…
Politics Apr 15 Watch After Mass Demonstrations, Unrest in Thailand Continues After days of mass demonstrations that have left two dead and more than 100 wounded, Thai police in Bangkok maintained an uneasy state of emergency.
Sep 08 Pakistan’s New President Looks to Mend Reputation, Stabilize Country By Admin, PBS News Hour Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, was elected Sept. 6 as president of Pakistan, the next chapter in the political career of a man once labeled "Mr. 10 Percent" because of corruption charges levied against… Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch Russian Author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Dies at 89 Acclaimed Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who wrote extensively about the gulag prison system and won the Nobel literature prize for his books on abuses in the Soviet Union, died Sunday at age 89 after a reclusive life fraught with challenges. Continue watching
Oct 18 Returning Ex-Premier Bhutto Escapes Blasts in Pakistan By Admin, PBS News Hour Explosions went off near a convoy carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Thursday as she returned to Pakistan after eight years of self-imposed exile to follow through on a plan to govern with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Continue reading
Aug 13 Liberia’s Taylor Begins Exile in Nigeria Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor began his second day in exile in southeastern Nigeria on Wednesday, after handing control of his war-torn country to his vice president and in the face of United Nations war crimes charges. Continue reading