Nov 17 Ballplayer's Abduction Highlights Venezuela's Growing Crime Rate By Allie Morris Wilson Ramos talks to reporters after his release. Photo by Leo Ramirez/AFP/Getty Images. The ordeal of Wilson Ramos, a Washington Nationals catcher who was kidnapped and then rescued in Venezuela last week, put a new spotlight on the Latin American… Continue reading
Nov 17 Trash in 'Waste Land' Becomes Catalyst for Transformation Photo from the film "Waste Land," Artwork Courtesy of Vik Muniz Studio. On Thursday's NewsHour, we'll feature an excerpt of the film "Waste Land," which follows renowned artist Vik Muñiz as he journeys back to his native… Continue reading
Nov 16 Cheaper Cell Phones, Fewer Restrictions Ease Daily Life in Myanmar By Larisa Epatko Myanmar's repressive regime is showing signs of relaxing restrictions not only in the political and diplomatic realm but in the day-to-day lives of its people, according to Patrick Winn, who recently traveled to Myanmar to do a series of reports… Continue reading
Nov 15 As U.S. Prepares to Exit, Poll Shows Afghan Public Fearful for Its Safety -- and Democracy's Demands Women surveying in North East Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of The Asia Foundation. In the American coverage of the Afghan war -- firefights, bombings, political wrangling and U.S. casualties -- the sentiments of ordinary Afghans often get lost. But… Continue reading
Nov 15 One Mother's Story of Teen Pregnancy in Nicaragua By Paul Solman MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Marling del Socorro Valverdi balances a restless baby on her hip as she tries to attach yards of red and green crepe paper to a drab newsprint pinata shell. In the Valverdi family, pinata sales equal dinner… Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch As Arab Pressure Intensifies on Syria, What's Next for Assad? The Arab League voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to suspend Syria's membership in an effort to further pressure President Bashar al Assad to stop the crackdown on dissidents. Margaret Warner discusses the growing frustration with Syria with The Atlantic Council's Michele… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch Somali Refugees Flee to Ethiopia to Escape Famine, Violence Kenyan troops have been drawn into the civil war in Somalia between the government and al-Shabab militants as desperate refugees flee to Ethiopia to escape violence and famine. Special Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from a refugee camp near… Continue watching
Nov 14 Rio Security Forces Storm Major Slum Police invaded Rio de Janeiro's largest slum Sunday, part of a larger effort aimed at cleaning up favelas before the 2014 World Cup. Continue reading
Nov 11 France, Britain Remember End to Bloody World War Soldiers return home to New York City, ca. 1919. (National Archives) Updated Nov. 11, 2011: Because their casualties from World War I so overwhelm those suffered by U.S. forces in their 20 months in the conflict, many European nations… Continue reading
Nov 11 Slide Show: Children in Nicaragua Up Against Difficult Odds By Talea Miller Eight-month-old Kesler is one of those infectiously happy babies who giggles at everything, even when his mother is scolding him for being too loud. Kesler lives with his mother, Delma Marina Sala, in a one-room, tin-roofed home outside of Managua,… Continue reading