Jul 31 Indian Power Being Restored Slowly After Massive Grid Failures Indian porters push a parcels cart over railway tracks near a web of high voltage line feeders at a train station in New Delhi on July 31, 2012. A massive power failure hit India for the second day running… Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch World’s Biggest Power Blackout in Human History Strikes India The second day of India's power grid failures were worse than the first. Nearly 1900 miles of India went dark, an area that is home to nearly half of India's 1.2 billion citizens. Judy Woodruff reports how the blackout is… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch News Wrap: Judge Weighs Whether to Grant Bond in Zimmerman Case In other news Friday, a Florida judge began weighing for a second time whether to grant bond to George Zimmerman, the man accused of killing Trayvon Martin. Also, Congress passed a bill that would hold down interest rates on student… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Sen. John McCain on U.S. Relations with India, Pakistan Sen. John McCain on U.S. Relations with India, Pakistan… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch India Close to Eradicating Polio, But Challenges Still Remain India Close to Being Polio-free, But Challenges Still Remain… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch The World’s Forgotten Diseases Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discuss some of the often neglected diseases worldwide and why we should be paying attention… Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch News Wrap: NATO Says Afghanistan Airstrike May Have Mistakenly Killed 8 Boys In other news Monday, Syrian rebels pushed back against government tanks in the town of Rastan as the uprising moved toward open warfare. In Afghanistan, NATO acknowledged an airstrike may have accidentally killed eight boys last week. Continue watching
Dec 02 Man with a Mission: Anna Hazare’s Anti-corruption Campaign in India By Larisa Epatko Long ago, an activist from a small village in western India went on hunger strikes to improve his community. Now, at age 74, he is hoping to bring about change on a national scale by pressuring the government to adopt… Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch ‘Frontline’ Investigates How Mumbai Mastermind Slipped Through the Cracks The 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India, that killed 166 people were masterminded by Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley. Margret Warner and Sebastian Rotella of ProPublica and Frontline discuss how American law enforcement and intelligence agencies missed several opportunities to thwart… Continue watching
Nov 22 Mumbai Attacks: ‘Frontline’ Looks at What U.S. Knew About Informant By Larisa Epatko The bloody three-day siege in Mumbai in 2008 was one of the most high-profile terrorist attacks since 9/11. American David Coleman Headley, who helped plan the attack, is the subject of a Frontline and ProPublica documentary airing Tuesday on PBS. Continue reading