Feb 13 Opposition Candidate in Venezuela Hopes Slow and Steady Wins the Race By Larisa Epatko The opposition to Venezuela's long-time President Hugo Chavez is getting a face ahead of presidential elections in October after a primary Sunday propelled Henrique Capriles to national attention. Continue reading
Feb 13 Animated Map Plots One Year of Quakes Updated: Feb. 14| We recently stumbled on this animated map that plots 2011's biggest earthquakes.* Each circle represents an earthquake -- the bigger the circle, the greater the magnitude. The line across the circle indicates the quake's depth. Most notable… Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch News Wrap: NATO Says Afghanistan Airstrike May Have Mistakenly Killed 8 Boys In other news Monday, Syrian rebels pushed back against government tanks in the town of Rastan as the uprising moved toward open warfare. In Afghanistan, NATO acknowledged an airstrike may have accidentally killed eight boys last week. Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch ‘OMG! Meiyu’ Introduces China to American Slang, Idioms and Jay-Z 'OMG! Meiyu' Introduces China to American Slang, Idioms and Jay-Z… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Italy: Amid Eurozone Crisis, ‘Going the Greece Way’ Would Be Disastrous Italy: Amid Eurozone Crisis, 'Going the Greece Way' Would Be Disastrous… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Greece Reels as Government OKs More Austerity Measures As Greece signed off on a new round of austerity measures in exchange for another bailout, European finance ministers said the cuts may not be enough. James Mates of Independent Television News reports on the start of a two-day strike… Continue watching
Feb 10 Siege of Homs Grinds On: ‘There Is a Sniper at the End of Our Street’ By P. J. Tobia Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's army continues to blast away at the city of Homs and on Thursday we spoke with someone living in the middle of the conflict. Lubna, a 27-year-old woman who wished to be identified only by… Continue reading
Feb 10 Pakistan’s Youth Drawn to Ex-Cricketer Politician By Noreen Nasir A cricket player-turned-politician is the talk among Pakistan's middle-class youth, but will his popularity translate into votes?… Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch In Bailing Out Greece, Germans Eye ‘Functional, Surviving Euro’ In Bailing Out Greece, Germans Eye 'Functional, Surviving Euro'… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch What Greece’s Latest Cuts Mean for Workers, EU Greek political leaders reached a much-anticipated agreement Thursday on yet another round of austerity cuts. Jeffrey Brown and John Psaropolous of the blog The New Athenian discuss implications for Greeks, the country's economy and its relationship with the continent. Continue watching