Jul 12 Watch Snowden Meets With Human Rights Activists in Renewed Effort for Russian Asylum Edward Snowden, the man who leaked information about major surveillance programs at the National Security Agency, renewed a request for political asylum in Russia and met with human rights activists and Russian politicians. Ray Suarez reports on the White House's… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch Rail CEO, Fire Department Dispute Details Leading Up to Canadian Train Disaster Rail CEO, Fire Department Dispute Details Leading Up to Canadian Train Disaster… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch In Tahrir Square, Recent Protests Have Been Scene of Rampant Sexual Assault In Tahrir Square, Recent Protests Have Been Scene of Rampant Sexual Assault… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch Children in Burkina Faso Take on Dirty, Dangerous Work of Digging Up Gold Children in Burkina Faso Take on Dirty, Dangerous Work of Digging Up Gold… Continue watching
Jul 10 Ever Paid a Bribe? New Report Says You’re Not Alone A new report finds that more than one in four people in the world have payed a bribe in the last year. Image from the report "Global Corruption Barometer" by Transparency International. One out of four people have… Continue reading
Jul 10 12-Hour Workdays for Child Miner in Burkina Faso EmbedVideo(6918, 482, 304); Watch the full report on children who work in the gold mines of Burkina Faso on Wednesday's PBS NewsHour. Video footage by Larry C. Price. Edited by Noreen Nasir. Karim Sawadogo thinks he is nine years… Continue reading
Jul 10 One Million Children Labor in Africa’s Goldmines By Ellen Rolfes In Burkina Faso, gold production has more than doubled in recent years. Though child labor is against the law in the West African nation, the economics and the nature of mining make labor law enforcement extremely difficult. Continue reading
Jul 10 In Burkina Faso’s Gold Mines, Children Toil Along With Adults By Larisa Epatko Children caked in dust and sweat climb in and out of 150-foot mine shafts with dexterity. Their small bodies operate makeshift grinding machines to extract gold from its ore. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch Egyptian Interim Leader Offers Election Timetable, Appoints New Prime Minister Egyptian Interim Leader Offers Election Timetable, Appoints New Prime Minister… Continue watching
Jul 09 U.S.-European Trade Talks Go Under a Dark Data Cloud With leaks revealing the extent that the American government has spied on its transatlantic allies, European leaders threaten there could be serious consequences for major EU-U.S. trade talks. Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images. WASHINGTON -- Usually, gatherings of European… Continue reading