Mar 31 Watch Gadhafi’s Forces, Rebels Clash Over Key City as Second Top Official Resigns Libyan rebels suffer military losses and another member of the Gadhafi government defects. Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch Ivory Coast Violence Escalates as President-Elect’s Fighters Capture Key Cities Violence escalated in the west African nation of Ivory Coast over the disputed presidency. Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch ‘Valuable’ Libyan Defections Aid Coalition as CIA Assesses Rebels’ Intentions Jeffrey Brown discusses the U.S.'s role in Libya with two former intelligence officers. Continue watching
Mar 31 Bahraini Official Defends Crackdown on Protesters By Francine Uenuma // A month of demonstrations that began in mid-February drew worldwide attention to the small Persian Gulf island nation of Bahrain, one of a series of Arab countries to be swept up in a wave of protest movements. The… Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch Bahraini Official Defends Crackdown on Protesters Shaikh AbdulAziz Al-Khalifa discusses the recent political unrest in Bahrain. Continue watching
Mar 31 CIA Operatives Working in Libya; NATO Assumes Leadership; Immunity Not Offered to Foreign Minister By News Desk Libyan anti-Gadhafi fighters wave the flag of the rebellion as they gather some 30 kilometers before the eastern town of Brega on March 31, 2011. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) 5:30 p.m. ET | In an address on Libyan state television, Moammar… Continue reading
Mar 31 Fighters in Ivory Coast Push Into Abidjan By News Desk Members of Pro-Ouattara forces hold their weapons on March 29 in Duekoue in western Ivory Coast. (Zoom Dosso/AFP/Getty Images) Forces loyal to democratically elected president Alassane Ouattara are pressing into Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, in a bid to wrest… Continue reading
Mar 31 Japan’s Radioactive Leak: What Are the Long-Term Consequences? By Talea Miller Fukushima nuclear power plant. Environmental and nuclear scientists in the U.S. are watching apparent leakage discovered at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor site this week with a concerned eye, for both health effects and impact on the environment. Japanese safety… Continue reading
Mar 31 Radioactivity in Seawater Near Nuclear Plant Reaches New High 1 p.m. ET | Tepco said Thursday that the water beneath the damaged reactor has radioactivity measuring at 10,000 time the legal limit, though it still believes the drinking water supply to be safe. French and U.S. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch NOVA Explores Science Behind Japan’s Earthquake, Tsunami NOVA looks at the scenes behind the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan. Continue watching