Aug 25 Gadhafi, Kaddafi or Gathafi? Libyan Leader’s Name Game Gets a New Twist There are dozens of different spellings of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's name used by news organizations and governments alike. Search "Gadhafi" on Google and you'll receive 23,300,000 results, while a search for "Gaddafi" (a mere one letter difference) will… Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch Libyans Show ‘Best of Humanity’ in Aiding Journalists’ Escape From Hotel Dozens of journalists were finally allowed to leave the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli Wednesday after being trapped for several days under the control of forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. International Television News' John Ray, who was among the journalists being… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch Rebels, Regime Loyalists Clash as Gadhafi Vows ‘Victory or Martyrdom’ Libyan rebels and regime loyalists clashed again Wednesday in Tripoli as Moammar Gadhafi vowed in a radio message to fight until "victory or martyrdom." International Television News' Jonathan Rugman and James Mates report from the capital. Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch ‘Ridiculous’ Winds From Hurricane Irene Bear Down on East Coast The Bahamas braced for the arrival of Hurricane Irene as the storm intensified to Category 3 status with winds topping 120 mph. Jeffrey Brown discusses the hurricane, which is expected to reach the East Coast of the United States in… Continue watching
Aug 24 Charging Cell Phones on the Sly in Syria, the True Story By Larisa Epatko Earlier this month, we aired a report from our partners at GlobalPost about protesters in Syria -- the mistreatment they endured and their tactics for getting around a restrictive regime. One method of recharging cell phone batteries described by one… Continue reading
Aug 24 Starving Somalis Latest Victims of Broken Government A mother and child from Somalia at a refugee camp in Kenya. Photo by Kate Holt, CARE. The food crisis in Somalia gets worse by the day. Desperately hungry people are pouring out of their home provinces, crossing borders… Continue reading
Aug 24 Category 3 Hurricane Irene Moves Toward East Coast By News Desk Evacuations were in progress Wednesday on North Carolina's Ocracoke Island as Hurricane Irene, which strengthened to a Category 3, bore down on the Bahamas before on its way north toward the East Coast, where it will likely hit this weekend. Continue reading
Aug 24 Rebels Work to Secure Gains, Hunt Gadhafi By News Desk Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images. 5:15 p.m. ET | Rebels have offered a $2 million reward for anyone who tracks Gadhafi's location. Anyone who captures or even kills him would be offered amnesty. Sniper fire and other attacks by… Continue reading
Aug 23 Woodruff: Dispatch From Shanghai I hadn't been to China since 1995, so I wasn't prepared for the explosive growth (and bundle of contradictions) in this sprawling mega-city on China's east coast. For all I had read and heard about how "China has changed," this… Continue reading
Aug 23 Check How Intense East Coast Earthquake Was in Your Zip Code Text updated 7:52 p.m. ET | Tuesday afternoon's earthquake was a shared experience for millions of Americans along the East Coast, but how intense was it where you live? The U.S. Geological Survey has released a summary of the… Continue reading