Nov 29 Watch Rebels, Assad Regime Blame Each Other for Major Communication Service Disruption Internet and cell phone service was down throughout the majority of Syria. While rebels blamed the Syrian government for the service disruption, President Bashar al-Assad claimed it was the work of "terrorists." Independent Television News' Jonathan Rugman reports on the… Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch How Will the Palestinian U.N. Move Impact Prospects for Mideast Peace? How Will the Palestinian UN Move Impact Prospects for Mideast Peace?… Continue watching
Nov 28 How Banana Fibers Keep Women Working in Developing Nations By Cat Wise Photo of Elizabeth Scharpf courtesy of Sustainable Health Enterprises. Harvard Business School and Kennedy School of Government graduate Elizabeth Scharpf, 35, appears confident with a warm smile. These attributes no doubt come in handy when Scharpf travels the… Continue reading
Nov 28 Watch SHE Project Helps Women. Period. Elizabeth Scharpf, founder of Sustainable Health Enterprises, describes her program. Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch Palestinians Seek United Nations Status Upgrade Despite U.S. Qualms The Palestinian Authority -- with support from its militant Islamist rival, Hamas -- will ask for a status upgrade at the United Nations, stopping short of full recognition. Margaret Warner reports on the international reaction and U.S. fears that this… Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch News Wrap: Suicide Car Bombers Kill Dozens in Damascus Suburb In other news Wednesday, a pair of suicide car bombers killed at least 34 people, wounded dozens more and shattered buildings in a suburb near Damascus. Also in Syria, rebel fighters reported shooting down a government jet carrying an anti-aircraft… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch How U.S.-Mexico Relations May Shift Under President-Elect Enrique Pena Nieto How U.S.-Mexico Relations May Shift Under President-Elect Enrique Pena Nieto… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch Why Saudi Women Decry Monitoring System Riyadh Bureau's Ahmed Al Omran on why women are upset over electronic monitoring system… Continue watching
Nov 27 Egyptians Protest Morsi Decree By Larisa Epatko Thousands of Egyptians gathered at Tahrir Square to protest President Mohammed Morsi's declaration of new constitutional powers. Continue reading
Nov 27 CFR Backgrounder: Palestinian Statehood at the U.N. By News Desk By Robert McMahon, editor, and Jonathan Masters, online editor/writer for the Council on Foreign Relations Introduction Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 27. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images.The creation of an independent… Continue reading