Sep 14 Watch News Wrap: Romney Demands Tougher Line on Protecting American Foreign Interests In other news Friday, presidential candidate Mitt Romney drew a hard line when he said Egyptian leadership should protect foreign diplomats or risk losing out on $1.3 billion in U.S. aid. Also, Chicago teachers unions and district officials are close… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Muslim Protests in 20 Countries, Violent Demonstrations Focus on U.S. Embassies Muslim protests and demonstrations continued in countries throughout the Middle East and Africa. Though some were peaceful, others have been violent assaults on U.S. embassies and American-owned businesses. Meanwhile, the bodies of the four Americans who died in the Benghazi… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Details on Embassy Attacks, How an Anti-Muslim Video Has Arab Muslims Riled Details on Embassy Attacks, How an Anti-Muslim Video Has Arab Muslims Riled… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Anti-Muslim Video Sparks More Violent Demonstrations Across Muslim World Protests, some violent, broke out in Yemen, Iraq, Iran and Egypt, in continued response to an incendiary anti-Islamic U.S. video. Overnight, President Obama talked to Egypt's President Morsi about the events and Secretary of State Clinton rebuked the filmmaker, who… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Jailhouse Rock: Russian Court Gives Punk Band Pussy Riot Two Years in Prison The three members of Pussy Riot were smiling today as a Russian judge announced a guilty verdict on charges of hooliganism for an anti-Putin performance in a Moscow cathedral. Each member was sentenced to two years in prison. Jonathan Rugman… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch News Wrap: Congress Passes Funding Measure; Russian Blogger Imprisoned In other news Tuesday, Congress passed a stop-gap measure with bipartisan support, which will avoid a government shutdown in September. Also, imprisoned Russian protester Alexei Navalny claims he has been framed as part of Russian president Vladimir Putin's efforts to… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch News Wrap: Spain Passes Austerity Measures to Fix Debt Crisis, Citizens Protest In other news Friday, Spaniards gathered in 80 Spanish cities to protest austerity measures. Also, the U.S. Treasury Department warns benchmarks for global interest rates are still flawed. This announcement comes three weeks after Barclays Bank admitted to falsifying 2007… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch Putin Faces Broad Opposition as Thousands March in Moscow Tens of thousands of protesters marched Tuesday through Moscow to demonstrate their discontent with newly installed Russian President Vladimir Putin. Margaret Warner discusses the protests and a Kremlin crackdown with Adrian Karatnycky of the Atlantic Council and Edward Lozansky of… Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch Wisconsin Recall Watched as Possible Prophesy for November After just 16 months in office, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker faces a June recall -- an effort born of protests last year as he pushed through a law limiting collective-bargaining rights for most public employees. Ray Suarez and Frederica Freyberg… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch Syria Analyst: Annan’s Peace Plan Treats Symptoms, Not Disease Syria Analyst: Annan's Peace Plan Treats Symptoms, Not Disease… Continue watching