Jan 30 Watch Protests Against Austerity Measures Greet EU Members in Brussels In their 17th meeting in two years, leaders of 27 member states of the European Union reconvened in hopes of taming an economic crisis that threatens to entangle the continent in another recession. Margaret Warner reports from Belgium's capital on… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch In Syria, Reports of ‘Daily Double-Digit Death Tolls’ Violence in Syria continues to escalate, with activists reporting at least 70 dead in the last two days of fighting in Homs, Hama and Idlib. Margaret Warner and Time magazine's Rania Abouzeid discuss the uptick in violence, plus reports of… Continue watching
Jan 27 Senate Minority Leader McConnell Sees ‘Amazing Change’ in Myanmar By Dan Sagalyn // One of the Senate's leading hard-liners on Myanmar, Sen. Mitchell McConnell, R-Ky., told NewsHour Capitol Hill Correspondent Kwame Holman that he is very hopeful about the political reforms that are now underway in that country. McConnell, who just recently… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch Senate Leader Sees ‘Amazing Change’ in Myanmar Senate Leader Sees 'Amazing Change' in Myanmar… Continue watching
Jan 27 World Remembers Holocaust 67 Years After Auschwitz Freed By Larisa Epatko On Jan. 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz -- a sprawling complex containing 48 labor and extermination camps where more than 1 million people were killed during the Holocaust. Continue reading
Jan 27 Holocaust Remembrances and Memorials By Larisa Epatko Candle lightings and memorial visits marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, 2012. That day in 1945 Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz labor and extermination complex. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch News of Escalated Violence in Syria Troubles Arab League Monitors Violence in Syria continued Friday as activists reported at least 70 dead from fighting by government forces in Homs, Hama and Idlib -- news that has frustrated both the Arab League monitors and the United Nations Security Council. Lindsey Hilsum… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch News Wrap: Somali Captors Threaten to Kill American Hostage if U.S. Interferes In other news Thursday, captors in Somalia threatened to kill an American hostage if the United States attempts to free him. The warning followed a Navy SEAL raid that rescued another American and a Dane. Also, government forces in Syria… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch Remembering Jan. 25: How Will Mubarak-Era Tension Shape Egypt’s Future? Remembering Jan. 25: How Will Mubarak-Era Tension Shape Egypt's Future?… Continue watching
Jan 25 A Year After Revolution Began, Many Egyptians Still Divided By Larisa Epatko As Egyptians amassed in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of their regime-changing revolution, many are still divided on where they see the country going, said GlobalPost correspondent Erin Cunningham. Continue reading