World Apr 21 Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in eight bomb blasts that rocked churches and luxury hotels in or near Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday — the deadliest violence the South Asian island country has seen… By Bharatha Mallawarachi, Krishan Francis, Associated Press
World Jan 11 Child suicide bombers kill more than 20 in two Nigerian market blasts Two young girls strapped with explosives in northeast Nigeria blew themselves up Sunday, killing three other people in the second apparent attack in two days using child suicide bombers. By Andrew Mach
World Aug 17 Watch News Wrap: Coordinated Bombings and Shootings Throughout Iraq In other news Friday, Iraq suffered heavy violence from a string of bombings and shootings, leaving more than 90 people dead. Also, the South African government launched an investigation into deaths of platinum miners after a bloody confrontation with police.
World Aug 14 Watch Wave of Deadly, Afghan Insurgent Bombings Kills Dozens, Including NATO Troops The number of insurgent attacks are rising in the north and south of Afghanistan. This week's suicide bombings have killed more than 35 civilians. Relations between NATO and the Afghan forces are tense as attacks by Afghan men in uniform…
Aug 08 Watch News Wrap: Taliban Bombers Attack NATO, 15 Troops Killed in August So Far News Wrap: Taliban Bombers Attack NATO, 15 Troops Killed in August So Far… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch Iraqi Elections Proceed Despite Threats of Violence With more killings in the run-up to Sunday's Iraqi elections, Jim Lehrer gets two perspectives on governance in Iraq from Feisal Istrabadi, former deputy ambassador to the United Nations, and Brian Katulis, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. Continue watching
Jul 17 Blasts at Jakarta Hotels Kill 8, Injure More Than 50 By PBS News Hour Suicide bombers detonated a pair of heavy explosives Friday at two American luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens more, police said. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch For Palestinians, Identity Is Regained Through Poetry Poets in the Arab world have historically been important cultural figures, and this tradition continues among Palestinians. In the second of his reports on Middle East poetry, Jeffrey Brown discusses poetry's role in Arab society with three leading Palestinian poets. Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch Essayist Reflects on the Act of Taking a Life NewsHour Essayist Richard Rodriguez talks about suicide and the public and private faces of this act. Continue watching