May 21 NATO Tensions: Inside and Outside By Larisa Epatko As world leaders struggle to work out details of an exit strategy from Afghanistan, police pushed back hundreds of protesters who were trying to reach the site of the NATO summit in Chicago this week. Continue reading
May 21 NATO Summit Struggles By Larisa Epatko President Obama sought continued military and monetary support for the mission in Afghanistan at the NATO summit in Chicago in May 2012, as protesters sparred with police outside the site. Continue reading
May 18 Watch USAID Administrator: Food Security a 'Grand' But 'Achievable' Goal USAID Administrator: Food Security a 'Grand' But 'Achievable' Goal… Continue watching
May 18 Watch News Wrap: Greece Uncertainty, Austerity Top Agenda at G-8 Summit News Wrap: Greece Uncertainty, Austerity Top Agenda at G-8 Summit… Continue watching
May 17 Watch News Wrap: Future of Eurozone Uncertain as Greek Credit Rating Drops News Wrap: Future of Eurozone Uncertain as Greek Credit Rating Drops… Continue watching
May 16 Watch As Mladic Stands Trial, 'In One Sense, the War Criminals Won' As Mladic Stands Trial, 'In One Sense, the War Criminals Won'… Continue watching
May 16 Carlos Fuentes and His American Life Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes on Oct. 13, 2008. Photo by Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/GettyImages. Carlos Fuentes had aged so beautifully you might have subconsciously assumed he would live forever, like a character in a Latin American novel. He moved easily through… Continue reading
May 16 In Moscow, Writers Lead Anti-Putin Protest From Aleksandr Pushkin to Aleksandr Griboyedov, there is a long history in Russia of writers confronting government authority. Last weekend, the tradition continued when a group of 12 well-known authors drew a crowd of around 10,000 to follow them on… Continue reading
May 16 Watch Bosnia's Ratko Mladic Stands Trial on Genocide, War Crimes Charges After more than 15 years on the run, Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic -- once one of the world's most-wanted fugitives -- finally went on trial before an international court Wednesday. Mladic faces 11 charges of genocide, crimes against humanity… Continue watching
May 16 Watch News Wrap: Greece Appoints Interim Government Amid Fears of Euro Exit In other news Wednesday, Greece appointed an interim government as it struggled to escape a deepening political crisis. The country faces new elections on June 17. Also, former Liberian President Charles Taylor offered no apologies at a U.N. tribunal for… Continue watching