Nov 28 Congo’s Tense Election Day By Larisa Epatko Millions of Congolese voted in presidential elections on Nov. 28, 2011, that were marred by violence and allegations of fraud leading up to the poll. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch How Will Latest Protests Affect Egypt’s Elections? On Friday the Obama administration issued a statement urging Egypt's ruling military council to speed up the transition to civilian rule, as angry protesters reiterated their impatience for change. Margaret Warner discusses the latest developments with the International Crisis Group's… Continue watching
Nov 25 Cambodians Confront the Past in Second Major Khmer Rouge Trial By Ryan C. Brooks People receive tickets to enter the courtroom in Cambodia. Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images. In recent years, more Cambodians -- both young and old -- have been confronting the mass killings of the 1970s committed by the Khmer Rouge… Continue reading
Nov 25 Thousands Rally in Cairo to Ratchet Up Pressure on Military Rulers Ahead of Elections By Larisa Epatko Egypt's election scene, complete with campaign ads on TV and posters and billboards plastered around town, is just like any other country. But little else is similar. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch After Tsunami, Japanese Coastal Town Struggles to Recover Independent Television News' Alex Thomson reports from Kesennuma, Japan, on one fishing port's struggle to come back after the March earthquake and tsunami devastated the town and its fleet. Continue watching
Nov 24 Calm in Egypt as Police and Protesters Call a Truce By Larisa Epatko After five days of heated -- and sometimes deadly-- confrontations with police this week, protesters and Egyptian authorities have called a truce in the capital Cairo just days before parliamentary elections are set to begin. Continue reading
Nov 24 Packing Up After 8 Years in Iraq By Larisa Epatko After a nearly nine-year war, all but a handful of U.S. forces will be leaving Iraq by the end of this year. As they close up shop, we checked in with Major Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, chief spokesman for the United… Continue reading
Nov 24 Iraq: Breaking Down a Base By Larisa Epatko In the months leading up to their departure by the end of 2011, U.S. troops were packing up and moving out of bases that will be transferred to Iraqi hands. View a slide show of the troops' final weeks in… Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch After Commission Documents Torture Incidents, What’s Next for Bahrain? An independent commission released findings on the upheavals that shook the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain earlier this year and the crackdown that followed. Margret Warner discusses the events and the Bassiouni report with Bahrain's finance minister, Sheikh Ahmed… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch Independent Commission: Bahrain Tortured Activists in Deadly Crackdown Young people and police clashed Wednesday in Bahrain as an independent commission released its findings on the upheavals that shook the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom earlier this year and the deadly crackdown that followed. Margret Warner reports. Continue watching