Aug 03 ‘Made in India’ Explores the Business of Surrogacy, From America to India From the film, "Made in India," by Rebecca Haimowitz and Vaishali Sinha. On Thursday's NewsHour, we feature an excerpt of the film "Made in India," which documents the journey of an infertile American couple, an Indian surrogate and… Continue reading
Aug 03 Mubarak Trial Begins; Iraq, U.S. to Negotiate Extended Stay for Troops By News Desk Six months after he was ousted from his 30-year rule of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak went on trial Wednesday to face charges of complicity in killing political protesters and government corruption. The 83-year-old Mubarak, lying on a hospital bed, was wheeled… Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch USAID Chief: Famine in Somalia ‘Worse Than You Can Imagine’ In a new effort to alleviate the suffering in famine-stricken Eastern Africa, the U.S. government eased its restrictions on providing aid to Somalia -- aimed at sanctioning al-Shabab -- in hopes of getting more food to starving people. Margret Warner… Continue watching
Aug 02 Syrian Troops Advance on Restive City of Hama By News Desk Members of a human rights group demonstrate outside the Syrian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by AFP/Getty. Syrian troops advanced further into the city of Hama on Tuesday, a day after government forces killed 24 people throughout the country on… Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch Syrians Pledge to Escalate Protests During Ramadan as Crackdown Continues On Sunday, President Obama said he was appalled by the Assad regime's use of violence and brutality against opposition demonstrators in Syria. Margaret Warner discusses what's next for the uprising in Syria with the Financial Times' Abigail Fielding-Smith, reporting form… Continue watching
Aug 01 New Widget Tracks Record-Breaking High Temperatures EMBED THIS: » View All High Temperature Records On July 22, thermometers in Newark, N.J., peaked at a staggering 108 degrees,… Continue reading
Aug 01 Inside a Mexican Cartel: Drug Smuggling in the United States By Larisa Epatko In a series written for the Los Angeles Times, Richard Marosi reports on cocaine smugglers in Mexico's Sinaloa cartel as Drug Enforcement Administration agents set about tracking them. Continue reading
Aug 01 Five Maternal Health Innovations That Could Save Lives Prenant woman in Mozambique. Photo by Talea Miller. Every two minutes, somewhere around the world a woman dies in childbirth. Often, a lack of access to care, technology or medications causes these fatal complications. In an effort to reduce… Continue reading
Aug 01 World Week Ahead: Mubarak Goes to Trial; EU Reacts to Syria Crackdown By Larisa Epatko Attention once again returns to the Middle East and North Africa this week with two major developments: the start of the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and international reaction to Syria's most recent crackdown on anti-government protesters. Continue reading
Aug 01 Syrian Forces Launch Crackdown in Hama, N. Korea Open to Nuclear Talks By News Desk In this third-party photo obtained by AFP/Getty Images, Syrians demonstrate against the government after Friday prayers in Hama on July 29, 2011. Syrian forces are bearing down on the city of Hama in the second day of a renewed… Continue reading