Mar 18 Rating Nuclear Accidents and Incidents: Which Were the Worst? By Talea Miller With three reactors having at least partial meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan, the country raised the alert level from four to five on a seven-point international scale for atomic incidents Friday. The International Atomic Energy Agency… Continue reading
Mar 18 Reporter’s Notebook: Syria’s ‘Red Lines’ By Fred de Sam Lazaro Poster of President Bashar al Assad in Syrian street. Photo by Nicole See Syria's government is not usually hospitable to Western journalists, and officials in Damascus' Ministry of Information seemed as surprised as my teammates, Nikki See, Tom Adair and… Continue reading
Mar 18 Police Open Fire in Yemen; Dozens Reported Dead By News Desk 4:30 p.m. ET | The Associated Press reported the death toll now stands at 46, including children. Medical staff estimated the number of injured in the hundreds. < img src="http://www-tc.pbs.org/prod-media/newshour/photos/2011/03/18/0318_yemen_blog_main_horizontal.jpg" title="Yemen March 18" alt="" class="blog_main_horizontal" /> Yemeni anti-government protesters… Continue reading
Mar 18 Dalai Lama’s Offer to Shed Political Role Meets Resistance By Mila Sanina Dalai Lama speaks to reporters in Dharamsala, India. (Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images) The Dalai Lama's offer to relinquish his political leadership of the exiled Tibetan people has run into opposition not only from China, where his every utterance is viewed with suspicion,… Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch Ireland’s New Leader Wrestles With Lingering Debt Problems, EU Bailout Margaret Warner reports on Ireland's debt woes and talks with new Prime Minister Enda Kenny about his country's struggle to revive a once-thriving economy. Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch U.N. Security Council Passes Sweeping Measure to Rein in Gadhafi After Hesitation, U.N. Approves Sweeping Measure to Rein in Gadhafi… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Order, Resilience Mark Japanese Response to Compound Crises The response to the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crises has been marked by resilience and order among Japanese citizens. Jeffrey Brown talks with the Stimson Center's Yuki Tatsumi about how Japanese culture has factored into the disaster aftermath. Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Gahafi’s Troops Advance on Rebel-Held Cities as U.N. OKs No-Fly Zone Gahafi's Troops Advance on Rebel-Held Cities as U.N. OKs No-Fly Zone… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch News Wrap: Police in Yemen Raid Protesters’ Camps, Injuring 80 In other news Thursday, police in Yemen attacked protesters' camps and injured more than 80. In Bahrain, police arrested six leading activists in the opposition movement. In the U.S., the Senate approved a spending bill that includes $6 billion in… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Spent Fuel Pools: Assessing the Threat at Damaged Nuclear Plant American and Japanese officials have offered sharply different assessments of the situation at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. Judy Woodruff weighs the threat of the spend fuel pools with the University of Southern California's Najmedin Meshkati and the Institute… Continue watching