Aug 17 GlobalPost and Frontline Report: After Egypt’s ‘Tahrir Moment’ By Larisa Epatko Despite the removal of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and the start of his trial earlier this month, the organizers of the protest movement that led to the government's ouster are seeking more. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 5 Months After Meltdown, Fukushima Citizens Still Face Radioactive Risks Five months after the deadly tsunami and Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, Japanese authorities have acknowledged that they misled residents about the radioactive dangers. John Sparks of Independent Television News gets an inside look at the area and reports on… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch What Does Recent Iraq Violence Mean for U.S. Troops’ Exit? A wave of 42 attacks devastated Iraq on Monday, killing at least 70 people and wounding more than 200 in more than a dozen cities. Margaret Warner discusses what the attacks mean for the missions of the remaining U.S. troops… Continue watching
Aug 16 Europe’s Largest Economies Work to Address Crisis By Larisa Epatko German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Tuesday in Paris to come up with a joint strategy on addressing fears about the euro currency. Their meeting was notable for what didn't come out of it for as… Continue reading
Aug 16 Europe’s Stuttering Economy With the eurozone in such obvious economic turmoil, we turn to former chief IMF economist and longtime friend and favorite of Making Sen$e, Simon Johnson (Peterson Institute, MIT). We asked him a series of pressing questions: Paul Solman:… Continue reading
Aug 16 Insurgents Kill 7 Near Baghdad, Gadhafi’s Forces Launch Scud Missile at Rebels By News Desk Following on the heels of a series of bombings in more than a dozen Iraqi cities Monday that killed more than 60 people, insurgents dressed in military uniforms pulled seven people from a Sunni mosque in Youssifiyah and executed… Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch Norway’s FM: Many Questions Yet to Be Answered on Attacks The deadly attacks in Norway on July 22 marked the country's worst violence since World War II. Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store joins Judy Woodruff to discuss how the nation is coping, how the Internet is affecting extremism, the… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Breivik Taken to Utoya to Confirm Attack Details, Re-enact Events for Trial Investigators took Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted to carrying out attacks last month in Oslo and at a youth political camp on the island of Utoya that killed a total of 69 people and injured many more, back to… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch ‘Noose Is Tightening’ on Gadhafi Regime, Rebels Assert The Obama administration applauded recent military gains by Libyan rebels on Monday. Margret Warner discusses the opposition forces' recent successes against the Gadhafi regime after numerous setbacks in the past few months with journalist Brian Conley and Dirk Vandewalle of… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch News Wrap: Google Plans $12.5 Billion Takeover of Motorola Mobility In other news Monday, Google announced its largest-ever acquisition with the planned purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. The cellphone maker controls thousands of patents and builds devices that run on Google's Android platform. Also, a wave of bombings… Continue watching