Oct 17 Hundreds Arrested Worldwide in Latest ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protests A pedestrian passes a vandalized automated teller machine (ATM), operated by Banca Popolare del Lazio, in Rome on Sunday. Photo by Victor Sokolowicz/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Following weeks of protests in New York and other cities in the United… Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Mother Nature, Manmade Changes Fuel Flooding Across Asia Mother Nature, Changing Infrastructure Fuel Worst Floods in Half-Century… Continue watching
Oct 14 U.S. Assists with Hunt for Lord’s Resistance Army Leader By News Desk File photo of Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony taken on Nov. 12, 2006. Photo by Stuart Price/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama is sending 100 military advisers to Uganda to help with the search for notorious leader Joseph Kony and… Continue reading
Oct 14 Why Did Assad, Saddam and Mubarak Protect Christians? By P. J. Tobia Recent attacks on a Christian church in Egypt led to violent protests and dozens dead on the streets of Cairo. David Kirkpatrick leads The New York Times' coverage of the protests (read his dispatches) and he appeared… Continue reading
Oct 14 Raw Video: In Thailand, Rising Waters and Risky Rescues By Larisa Epatko Heavy monsoon rains have swamped a third of Thailand since summer, causing at least $3 billion in damages, according to the Thai government. In this raw video footage from APTN, residents sandbag their homes and escape flooded areas by clinging… Continue reading
Oct 13 Korea Watchers Square Off Over Obama’s Approach to North Korea EmbedVideo(1744, 482, 304); President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak met Thursday at the White House and celebrated Congress' passage of the trade deal between the two countries that has been in the works for… Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch Presidents Obama, Lee Face ‘Bad or Worse Options’ Over N. Korea Negotiations The White House rolled out all the flourishes of a state visit for South Korean President Lee to celebrate the new trade agreement, passed by Congress on Wednesday, and to discuss a strategy to denuclearize North Korea. Margret Warner reports. Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch Korea Watchers Weigh Obama’s Approach to North Korea Two Korea experts discuss the Obama administration's handling of North Korea. Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch U.S. Treading Carefully to Build Case Against Iran Over Alleged Plot American ambassadors around the world are alerting governments in their host nations about the ongoing investigation into the alleged Iran-backed assassination plot in the United States. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest developments with Joby Warrick of The Washington Post and… Continue watching
Oct 13 2 Million Deaths a Year Attributed to Pollution from Indoor Cookstove Fires By Talea Miller Cooking roti in India. Photo by Flickr user Michael Foley. A woman rises at dawn to prepare food for her family, building a small fire inside the house and frying bread on a makeshift stove above it. Some variation of… Continue reading