Apr 24 Watch Negroponte Outlines Latest Efforts to Deal with Darfur Crisis An estimated 200,000 people have died in the fighting in Darfur, Sudan. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, who recently returned from a tour of the region, discusses the newest political and diplomatic efforts to mitigate the violence. Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch World Bank President Vows to Stay in Post, Despite Criticism World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said Sunday he would remain at his post, despite criticism over his involvement in securing a large pay increase for a female friend. An economic reporter details Wolfowitz's troubles. Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch U.N. Envoy to Darfur Discusses Continuing Crisis The genocide in Sudan's Darfur region was named the worst human rights abuse of 2006, according to a U.S. government report released Tuesday. Jan Eliasson, who has served as the U.N. envoy to Darfur since December, discusses the crisis. Continue watching
Oct 31 North Korea Reportedly Agrees to Resume Six-way Nuclear Talks By PBS News Hour North Korea agreed Tuesday to restart six-nation negotiations over its nuclear program nearly a year after it called off the talks and conducted an underground test of a nuclear weapon, according to a U.S. official. Continue reading
Oct 03 Internal Palestinian Fighting Threatens to Derail Government By Admin, PBS News Hour A new wave of internal fighting among Palestinian factions over the last two days has left at least a dozen people dead and threatened to unravel the Palestinian Authority. Continue reading
Aug 24 Top U.S. Diplomat to Lobby Sudan for U.N. Darfur Force By Admin, PBS News Hour Calling an end to genocide in Darfur one of its top priorities, the State Department announced Thursday that it would send one of its top diplomats to Sudan to try to convince the African nation to allow a peacekeeping force. Continue reading
May 15 U.S. Restores Diplomatic Ties to Libya By PBS News Hour The United States announced its intention Monday to normalize relations with Libya for the first time in 25 years and remove it from the list of countries designated as sponsors of terrorism. Continue reading
Apr 05 State Department Tightens U.S. Entry Rules By PBS News Hour In an effort to tighten border security, Americans re-entering the United States from Canada, Mexico, Panama and Bermuda will have to show their passports, administration officials said Tuesday. Continue reading