May 18 Doctors Detained in Bahrain Face Accusations of Medical Abuses By Talea Miller A wounded Bahraini demonstrator is taken to a hospital in Manama in February. Photo by Joseph Eid/ AFP Updated May 23 | More than 100 medical workers have been targeted and detained by Bahrain's government in recent months for… Continue reading
May 18 Four Foreign Reporters, Including GlobalPost’s Foley, Freed in Libya By Larisa Epatko GlobalPost freelance contributor James Foley and three other foreign journalists were released Wednesday from a detention facility in Libya, where they had been held for over a month for working in the country without a visa. Continue reading
May 18 Farm Runoff in Mississippi River Floodwater Fuels Dead Zone in Gulf A dead zone -- already the size of the state of New Jersey -- is growing in the Gulf of Mexico, fueled by nutrient runoff from the swollen Mississippi River. This year, with floodwaters from the… Continue reading
May 18 Al-Qaida Leaders: Dead or Wanted By Larisa Epatko The hunt for top-level al-Qaida members continues in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death. We profile a selection of senior terrorist leaders who were captured or killed, and others who are still on the lam. Continue reading
May 18 11 Killed in Afghan Protests, Strauss-Kahn Arrest Creates Uncertainty in IMF A wounded Afghan is treated at a hospital after a protest against NATO-led forces in an overnight raid in Taloqan, capital of the usually peaceful northeastern province of Takhar. Photo by AFP/Getty Images. At least 11 people died when… Continue reading
May 17 Watch Uncertainty Reigns in Bahrain Amid Mix of Normalcy, State of Siege After government crackdowns in Bahrain crushed the Arab spring uprising, divisions between Shia and Sunni Muslims have widened. Margaret Warner reports from Bahrain on the feelings of unease in the wealthy Persian Gulf nation. Continue watching
May 17 Queen’s Visit to Ireland Shows Improved Relations with Britain By Larisa Epatko Queen Elizabeth II began her visit to Ireland doing something many Irish thought they would never see -- laying a wreath at the memorial to those who died fighting for the country's freedom from British rule. Continue reading
May 17 Syria: An Inconvenient Revolution By Robert Zeliger After Egypt and Libya, the White House doesn't plan on inserting itself into another Arab uprising with an uncertain outcome, analysts say. Despite weeks of protests and escalating violence in Syria, the White House is not ready to call for… Continue reading
May 17 Queen Elizabeth Arrives in Ireland, NATO Attack Injures Pakistani Troops By News Desk Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh are greeted by Irish President Mary McAleese and her husband Martin McAleese at the Aras an Uachtarain, the official residence of the President of Ireland, on May 17, 2011 in Dublin,… Continue reading
May 16 Morganza Spillway Before and After Photos Released By Vanessa Dennis After engineers opened the Morganza spillway Saturday in an attempt to divert surging floodwaters from heavily populated areas in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Google and GeoEye released some before and after satellite photos Monday evening. Continue reading