Feb 25 Watch India Organizes One of Largest Citizen Registration Drives Ever to Issue IDs India Organizes One of Largest Citizen Registration Drives Ever to Issue IDs… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch Sen. Leahy: Time for U.S. and Cuba to Discuss Relationship, ‘Realities of Today’ Sen. Leahy: Time for U.S. and Cuba to Discuss Relationship, 'Realities of Today'… Continue watching
Feb 25 Debt, Deficits, and the Defense Budget U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in 2009. Photo by Army Spc. Walter Reeves. By Jonathan Masters, Online Editor/Writer for the Council on Foreign Relations Introduction Most projections indicate that the United States is on an unsustainable fiscal path under the… Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch News Wrap: Italian Political Instability Prompts Wall Street Tumble In other news Monday, Wall Street saw a late afternoon sell-off caused by worries over instability in Europe and reports that Italy may not be able to form a new government. Also, a civil trial began in New Orleans over… Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch Steencamp Death Sheds Light on Violence Against Women in South Africa Steencamp Death Sheds Light on Violence Against Women in South Africa… Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch China Looms as Main Concern in Meeting Between Obama, Japan’s Abe China Looms as Main Concern in Meeting Between Obama, Japan's Abe… Continue watching
Feb 22 From ‘Abenomics’ to North Korean Nukes, President Obama and Japan’s Prime Minister Have Much to Discuss By Larisa Epatko President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet at noon Friday at the White House. The two world leaders are embroiled in their own domestic economic issues, and just days before their visit, North Korea conducted another nuclear test. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch Olympian Oscar Pistorius Granted Bail in Girlfriend’s Murder Case After being charged with his girlfriend's murder, Olympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been released on bail. Rohit Kachroo of Independant Televiison News reports from Pretoria, South Africa. Continue watching
Feb 21 One Month in Damascus: A Photographer’s War Story By News Desk Warning: Some images in the slide show are graphic. Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic recently spent a month on the frontlines of the war in Syria. Below is his account of what he saw. By Goran Tomasevic of Reuters DAMASCUS,… Continue reading
Feb 21 Exchanging Fire in Syria’s War By Larisa Epatko "As in the ruins of Beirut, Sarajevo or Stalingrad, it is a sniper's war; men stalk their fellow man down telescopic sights, hunting a glimpse of flesh, an eyeball peering from a crack," writes Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic about Syria. Continue reading