Oct 22 Beirut Bombing Fallout By Larisa Epatko A car bombing Friday killed an intelligence chief in Beirut, Lebanon. Mourners paid tribute at his funeral on Monday as gunbattles continued. Continue reading
Oct 22 Cuban Missile Crisis: Memories of a Young Reporter President Kennedy announces the Cuba blockade on Oct. 22, 1962, during the Cuban missile crisis. Photo by Keystone/Getty Images. Fifty years ago, on Oct. 22, 1962, the Washington Post landed on my doorstep with big headlines about a crisis… Continue reading
Oct 22 Commentary: At Core, Obama and Romney Close on Foreign Policy President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney meet Monday night in Boca Raton, Fla., to debate foreign policy. Both campaigns see the third and final debate as their best opportunity to reach the public before Election Day. The… Continue reading
Oct 22 Health Costs: How the U.S. Compares With Other Countries By Jason Kane How much is good health care worth to you? $8,233 per year? That's how much the U.S. spends per person. Worth it? That figure is more than two-and-a-half times more than most developed nations in the world, including relatively rich… Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch News Wrap: At Least Seven Dead in Sectarian Gun Battles in Lebanon In other news Monday, at least seven people were killed in violence in Lebanon. Sunni gunmen who blamed the Syrian regime for a bomb that killed Lebanon's intelligence chief clashed with Shiite Muslims on the streets of Beirut and Tripoli. Continue watching
Oct 19 Mombasa Rising? Secessionist Movement Grows on Kenya's Coast EmbedVideo(4772, 482, 304); Julienne Gage produced this report Kenya's Coast Province boasts of wealth of opportunity -- pristine beaches, deluxe hotels, a major port and an oil refinery -- but for locals in the picturesque city of Mombasa, it's… Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch Syrian Crisis Inflames Lebanon-Syria Tensions as Lebanese Blame Assad for Bomb Syrian Crisis Inflames Lebanon-Syria Tensions as Lebanese Blame Assad for Bomb… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 6:10 A Secessionist Movement Grows on Kenya's Coast A Secessionist Movement Grows on Kenya's Coast… Continue watching
Oct 19 Timeline: Deadly Car Bomb in Beirut Lebanese security forces and rescue workers gather at the site of an explosion in Beirut's Christian neighbourhood of Ashrafieh on October 19, 2012. Photo by STR/ AFP/ Getty Images. On Friday, a car bomb exploded in Beirut's Sassine Square,… Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch New Wrap: Roadside Bomb in Afghanistan Kills 19 Civilians En Route to Wedding In other news Friday, a roadside bomb killed 19 civilians on their way to a wedding celebration, who were traveling in a mini-bus to greet the groom's family. Many were women and children. Also, suicide bombers stormed army barracks in… Continue watching