Mar 21 Watch News Wrap: At Least 7 Killed in Syria as Army Deploys to Stop Unrest In other news Monday, the Syrian army deployed to the city of Daraa, where at least seven people were killed in protests. Riot police also dispersed a small crowd that gathered after the funeral of a protester. Also, the Bahraini… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Coalition Airstrikes Target Gadhafi’s Forces, Build No-Fly Zone Over Libya Coalition forces hit Libya with more than a dozen more cruise missiles in an effort to impose a no-fly zone over the country and stop Moammar Gadhafi's forces from attacking civilians. Jonathan Miller and Martin Geissler of Independent Television News… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch Where Does Syria Stand Amid Wave of Arab World Protests? Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the view of Arab world unrest from Syria, a country that until recently remained silent in the wave of uprisings challenging governments and demanding reforms across the Middle East and North Africa. Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch Gadhafi’s Troops Rally Against Rebels: What’s Next for Libya? Jeffrey Brown talks to Dartmouth College's Dirk Vandewalle about what's next for Libya. Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch In Libya, ‘Everyone Is Frightened’ as Gadhafi’s Forces Drive Toward Benghazi Opposition forces in Libya appear to be losing significant ground in the battle against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's troops. Thousands of people in eastern Libya fled as pro-government forces, which continued assaults on the rebel stronghold of Ajdabiya, advanced. Jeffrey… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch News Wrap: Iraqi Government Attempts to Minimize Protester Turnout In other news Friday, major new protests were held across much of the Middle East, including Egypt, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. Iraq's government even imposed a vehicle ban, trying to limit turnout. Also, several thousand people protested in Turkey… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch News Wrap: Amid Biggest Protests, Yemeni President Accuses U.S. of Instigation In other news Tuesday, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh accused the U.S. of directing unrest in his country from an operations room in Israel. A U.S. State Department spokesman denied the charge, and hundreds of thousands of Yemenis took to… Continue watching
Feb 25 The Economics of a World Run Riot By Paul Solman Are there any economic explanations for the world running riot, especially in North Africa? Maybe, says investment adviser Ed Yardeni, an otherwise pretty consistently conservative economist. He cites distinguished Brandeis University historian David Hackett Fischer and Fischer's 1996… Continue reading
Feb 25 The Economics of a World Run Riot By Elizabeth Shell Is there an economic explanation for the world running riot, especially in North Africa? Maybe, says investment advisor Ed Yardeni, an otherwise pretty consistently conservative economist. He cites distinguished Brandeis University, historian David Hackett Fischer and Fischer's 1996 book, "The… Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch Tunisia’s Upheaval Resonates in Arab World The political uprising in Tunisia has raised questions about the possibility of similar unrest in other parts of the region, especially after protesters set themselves on fire in Egypt, Algeria, and Mauritania. Continue watching