Jul 16 Watch News Wrap: Air Force Sex Abuse Trial Begins In other news Monday, a Texas-based U.S. Air Force instructor went on trial, facing charges of rape and sexual assault of female recruits. Also, fighting in Syria's capital, Damascus, intensified as government tanks, troops and helicopters battled rebels in three… Continue watching
Jul 16 Author William Dobson's Top 7 Tweeters Disrupting Regimes By James Melia Egyptian anti-government demonstrators gather at Cairo's Tahrir Square on Feb. 7, 2011. Photo by Mohamed Abed/AFP/Getty Images. Since the Arab Spring began at the end of 2010, a trickle of demonstrations has increased to a flood of pro-democracy movements… Continue reading
Jul 16 What Tossing Tomatoes at Clinton's Convoy Says About Egyptian Politics By Larisa Epatko During Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Egypt over the weekend to reaffirm Washington's support for the North African country's transition to democracy, protesters showed their displeasure at her and the United States by lobbing tomatoes and shoes at… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch A Grim Exile in South Sudan Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports from the border of South Sudan on a flood of refugees who fled to escaped the violence, only to encounter grim conditions in camps on the Sudanese border. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Diplomatic Process 'Paralyzed' in Syria Conflict Judy interviews Elizabeth Kennedy, Associated Press bureau chief in Beirut. They discuss the latest massacre, Russia's support, the chemical weapons stockpile and a warning by Hillary Clinton to the U.N. Security Council. Continue watching
Jul 13 Relief Workers Decry Living Conditions in South Sudan Refugee Camp By Larisa Epatko Sudanese taking refuge in a tent camp in Jamam, South Sudan, may have escaped the fighting around their homes but are finding their plight is not over yet. Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch How 'Twilight' Stardom Helped the Quileute's Land Struggle For more on this story go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/topic/climate-change/… Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch Urban Migration for Young Chinese on the Rise Tens of millions of Chinese villagers have moved to the cities in China, but they find living conditions harsh and establishing meaningful relations difficult. Because of the Household Registration System, they have fewer rights than those born in the cities. Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch Amidst Drought and Famine, Niger Leads West Africa in Addressing Crisis Amidst Drought and Famine, Niger Leads West Africa in Addressing Crisis… Continue watching
Jul 12 Parades Commission Blamed for Violence Around Protestant March Nationalist protestors argue with police as Orangemen march past the Nationalist Ardoyne shops of North Belfast in Northern Ireland on Thursday. Photo by Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images. Attempts to prevent violence at a contentious annual Protestant-Loyalist Orange Order parade in… Continue reading