Jun 04 Panetta, Vietnam Exchange Soldiers' Writings More Than 40 Years Old Photo of two women found inside the Vietnamese soldier's diary. All images provided by PBS' History Detectives. Unveiling pieces of history Monday, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Vietnam's Defense Minister General Thanh exchanged letters and a diary… Continue reading
Jun 04 Londoners Push Austerity, Poor Weather Aside for Diamond Jubilee A June 1953 coronation portrait of Queen Elizabeth II with her husband Prince Philip, duke of Edinburgh. Photo courtesy of the Library and Archives of Canada.LONDON -- Reminiscent of the morning of her coronation 59 years ago, the celebration… Continue reading
Jun 04 POTUS and QEII: How Many Presidents Has Queen Elizabeth Met? By Larisa Epatko Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 60 years on the throne this week, a reign that has covered 12 U.S. presidents. Continue reading
Jun 04 Queen Elizabeth and U.S. Presidents Over the Decades By Larisa Epatko Over her 60-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II has been photographed with nearly a dozen U.S. presidents at galas, giving tours and simply enjoying life on horseback. Continue reading
Jun 02 Russians Open to Assad Leaving Power in Syria, Analyst Says This week's horrific violence in Syria may have nudged Russia a little bit closer to opposing the Bashar al-Assad regime's continued claim to power there, according to analysts who have recently visited Russia. Last week's massacre in Houla,… Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch In Louisiana, Rising Seas Threaten Native Americans' Land Native Americans' tribal lands along the Louisiana coast are washing away as sea levels rise and marshes sink. Part of our Coping with Climate Change series, Hari Sreenivasan reports from Isle de Jean Charles, a community that is slowly disappearing… Continue watching
Jun 01 Does Emotion Ever Have a Role in Foreign Policy? Seeing the pictures from Syria this week of the bodies of women and children murdered - many at close range - reminds us again of the inhumanity of war. As hard as we try to put horrible images like… Continue reading
May 31 Watch News Wrap: Obama Presses European Leaders Over Financial Reforms News Wrap: Obama Presses European Leaders Over Financial Reforms… Continue watching
May 31 Chinese Activist Chen: 'I Do Want to Go Back to China' By Larisa Epatko Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng clarified Thursday that despite escaping house arrest last month and his alleged abuse by local authorities, he wants to return to China after studying law in the United States. Continue reading
May 30 Charles Taylor's Sentence for Africans: Tough, Too Tough, Not Tough Enough? Former Liberian President Charles Taylor awaits his sentencing in The Hague. Photo by Toussaint Kluiters/AFP/Getty Images. The world and many in Africa applauded the 50-year sentence imposed Wednesday on former Liberian President Charles Taylor for aiding and abetting… Continue reading