Apr 16 Legalizing Drugs: Why Some Latin American Leaders Are OK With It By Larisa Epatko In Latin American countries where drug violence rages, leaders are increasingly pushing for a dialogue on drug policy and raising the option of decriminalizing drugs. Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch News Wrap: 6 U.N. Observers Arrive in Syria to Monitor Cease-Fire In other news Monday, an advance team of six U.N. observers arrived in Syria overnight to monitor a fading cease-fire. The Syrian army shelled several districts in Homs and at least 14 were killed in blasts, according to activists. Also,… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch In Afghanistan, Karzai Blames NATO Intelligence After Insurgent Attacks Guns fell silent Monday in Kabul as an 18-hour assault by militants finally came to an end when Afghan forces and coalition helicopters overpowered the remaining insurgents. President Hamid Karzai called for an investigation and blamed what he called "an… Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch Obama’s Colombia Visit Renews Call to Retool U.S. Drug Policy Obama's Colombia Visit Renews Call to Retool U.S. Drug Policy… Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch North Korea’s Missile Failure: What Went Wrong and What Happens Now? North Korea's Missile Failure: What Went Wrong and What Happens Now?… Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch News Wrap: At Least 6 Dead as Syrians Test Regime Over Cease-Fire In other news Friday, demonstrators poured into the streets in Syria, testing the regime's commitment to a U.N.-brokered cease-fire. In Egypt, more than 10,000 people amassed in Cairo's Tahrir Square, protesting the newly launched presidential campaign of Hosni Mubarak's former… Continue watching
Apr 12 North Korea’s Rocket Launch Fails Foreign journalists were allowed inside North Korea's satellite control and command center in Pyongyang on Wednesday. North Korea's long-range ballistic missile broke apart minutes after its launch early Friday, according to the Associated Press. The rocket apparently flew… Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch In Syria, ‘Much Skepticism’ as Assad’s Guns Fall Mostly Silent In Syria, 'Much Skepticism' as Assad's Guns Fall Mostly Silent… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch China’s Leadership Had ‘Knives Out’ for Bo Xilai China's ruling Communist Party is trying to contain headlines about the scandal surrounding the once-powerful political leader Bo Xilai. Margaret Warner discusses implications for China and its internal politics with Orville Schell of the Asia Society. Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch China Attempts to Contain High-Level Political Scandal China has tried to clamp down on Internet discussions and move beyond a scandal surrounding the once-powerful political leader Bo Xilai, who was removed from the ruling Communist Party's Politburo while his wife was named the main suspect in the… Continue watching