Mar 30 Watch News Wrap: Markets Have Enough Oil to Rely Less on Iran, White House Says In other news Friday, the Obama administration is moving ahead with tough new sanctions on Iran, issuing a statement saying there was enough oil in world markets to allow countries to rely less on Iran's supply. The U.S. also imposed… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch For Arab League, Syria Remains a ‘Pretty Sectarian Issue’ President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that Syria "will spare no effort" to make the peace plan proposed by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan "a success," but said rebels must first cease their "terrorist acts." Margaret Warner and NPR's Kelly… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Myanmar Prepares for Election, Tests out a Freer Society Special correspondent Kira Kay and producer Jason Maloney preview Sunday's election in the once-secretive nation of Myanmar, a country long under military dictatorship where longtime prisoner and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi now runs for a vacant seat in… Continue watching
Mar 29 Colo. Nonprofit Helps Quake Victims Rebuild With Better Techniques Buildings vulnerable to collapse are everywhere. A skyscraper built on a parking garage in San Francisco could have too much open space with too few structural walls. Sand mixed into concrete for a house in Mexico might contain… Continue reading
Mar 29 The Dos and Don’ts of Earthquake-Resistant Construction By Justin Scuiletti Here are some tips on building a home that could withstand an earthquake. Continue reading
Mar 29 In Myanmar, Political Opposition Stretches Its Legs By Larisa Epatko In plenty of other countries, a political rally is a familiar sight. But not so in Myanmar, also known as Burma, until last year when the government began loosening some long-held rules. Continue reading
Mar 29 Opposition Rallies in Myanmar By Larisa Epatko Kira Kay and Jason Maloney of the Bureau for International Reporting reported for the NewsHour on the changing political scene in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. View photos of an opposition political rally they attended. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch What Did Castros Want out of Pope’s Cuba Visit? With Cuban President Raul Castro in the front of a Mass Wednesday in Havana's Revolution Plaza, Pope Benedict XVI called for greater freedom for the Roman Catholic Church -- the closest he's come to direct criticism of the regime. Jeffrey… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch Will Israel Bomb Iran? Probable Outcomes of a Possible War Israeli leaders say time is running short for diplomatic and non-military responses to Iran's nuclear program. Margaret Warner asks experts and journalists how an Israeli military strike against Iran might be carried out and what the repercussions could be. Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch Syria Analyst: Annan’s Peace Plan Treats Symptoms, Not Disease Syria Analyst: Annan's Peace Plan Treats Symptoms, Not Disease… Continue watching