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
Mar 30 Watch In India, Loan Sharks, Commercialization Cast Pall Over Microfinancing Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the tarnished reputation of small loans in India. Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch Arming Libya’s Rebels: Overdue Idea or ‘Disaster in the Making’? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the U.S. has not yet decided whether to send weapons to Libya's struggling opposition movement. Jim Lehrer discusses the arms issue with the Institute for Policy Studies' Emira Woods and Mansour El-Kikhia… Continue watching
Mar 30 Regulators Crack Down on Microfinance Industry in India By Fred de Sam Lazaro [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Kw7qSrW1Y] New rules aimed at regulating India's microfinance industry, whose spectacular growth and near collapse strongly echo the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, are set to take effect April 1. Neighboring Bangladesh's supreme court will also resume hearing an appeal… Continue reading
Mar 30 Obama: Gadhafi Will ‘Ultimately Step Down’; Rebels Turned Back at Key Cities 5:20 p.m. ET | According to Britain's government, Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa has traveled to London with the intention of abandoning his post. "We are discussing this with him and we will release further detail in due… Continue reading
Mar 30 Q&A: Violent Attack in Tikrit Raises Questions About Security in Iraq By Larisa Epatko A violent, five-hour long attack Tuesday on a government building in Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein, claimed at least 57 lives and prompted new questions about the strength of security in Iraq. Continue reading
Mar 30 In Ivory Coast, Fighters’ Advances Could Signal Changing Tide By Larisa Epatko In the four months since people in the West African nation of Ivory Coast decisively voted to turn out their president, his refusal to leave office has led to an increasingly violent standoff. Continue reading
Mar 30 Four Reactors to Be Decomissioned, Seawater Radiation Levels Rise By News Desk Tokyo Electric Power Company has said four of the six reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant cannot be fixed and will be decommissioned as efforts to contain the spread of radioactive water continue at the facility. Meantime, seawater… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 11:42 Revisiting Chernobyl: A Nuclear Disaster Site of Epic Proportions By PBS News Hour The nuclear crisis in Japan has renewed interest in the 1986 nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl in Ukraine. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien travels to the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, which is approaching its 25th anniversary. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Gadhafi’s Exit Remains Central to U.S., Coalition Strategy in Libya As Washington offered divided responses to President Obama's Libya speech, coalition leaders gathered in London to discuss the mission in Libya. Judy Woodruff discusses Libya with Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., who serves on the Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Johnny… Continue watching