Jan 30 Watch At EU Summit, a New Focus on Growth, Not Just Austerity Margaret Warner speaks with Jeffrey Brown from the European Union summit in Brussels, where there's a new emphasis on the need for growth, not just austerity measures, to keep the continent from facing another recession. Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch News Wrap: White House Urges Political Solution in Syria In other news Monday, Syrian government forces pushed back rebellious army units around Damascus as the West took a new diplomatic offensive. At least 100 people died in three days of fighting, according to activists. Also, in Washington, Occupy protesters… Continue watching
Jan 30 A Bronx Cheer in Brussels for EU Austerity By Margaret Warner Banner protesting austerity measures at roundabout in Brussels. NewsHour photo by Morgan Till. BRUSSELS, Belgium | Brussels is known for its pleasing mishmash of medieval, 17th century and Art Nouveau buildings. It's prized for moules-and-frites and Michelin-star gastronomic delights that… Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch Protests Against Austerity Measures Greet EU Members in Brussels In their 17th meeting in two years, leaders of 27 member states of the European Union reconvened in hopes of taming an economic crisis that threatens to entangle the continent in another recession. Margaret Warner reports from Belgium's capital on… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch In Syria, Reports of 'Daily Double-Digit Death Tolls' Violence in Syria continues to escalate, with activists reporting at least 70 dead in the last two days of fighting in Homs, Hama and Idlib. Margaret Warner and Time magazine's Rania Abouzeid discuss the uptick in violence, plus reports of… Continue watching
Jan 27 Senate Minority Leader McConnell Sees 'Amazing Change' in Myanmar By Dan Sagalyn // One of the Senate's leading hard-liners on Myanmar, Sen. Mitchell McConnell, R-Ky., told NewsHour Capitol Hill Correspondent Kwame Holman that he is very hopeful about the political reforms that are now underway in that country. McConnell, who just recently… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch Senate Leader Sees 'Amazing Change' in Myanmar Senate Leader Sees 'Amazing Change' in Myanmar… Continue watching
Jan 27 World Remembers Holocaust 67 Years After Auschwitz Freed By Larisa Epatko On Jan. 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz -- a sprawling complex containing 48 labor and extermination camps where more than 1 million people were killed during the Holocaust. Continue reading
Jan 27 Holocaust Remembrances and Memorials By Larisa Epatko Candle lightings and memorial visits marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, 2012. That day in 1945 Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz labor and extermination complex. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch News of Escalated Violence in Syria Troubles Arab League Monitors Violence in Syria continued Friday as activists reported at least 70 dead from fighting by government forces in Homs, Hama and Idlib -- news that has frustrated both the Arab League monitors and the United Nations Security Council. Lindsey Hilsum… Continue watching