Apr 22 Watch Syrian Forces Fire Bullets, Tear Gas at Protesters Demonstrators took to the streets in several Syrian cities on Friday demanding reforms and the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad. Government forces retaliated with bullets and tear gas. Local human rights activists said at least 75 people were killed. Judy… Continue watching
Apr 22 Top Five Global Health Headlines: Violence in Libya, HIV Trial Halted, Drug Theft By Talea Miller Humanitarian Needs in Libya The Libyan army may be scaling back in the besieged city of Misrata, the Associated Press reported Monday, after a bloody weekend of intense fighting and worsening humanitarian conditions. Hundreds of people have been killed… Continue reading
Apr 22 Egypt: A Voice of Experience for a Youthful Movement By Margaret Warner The last time I saw Mona Makram-Ebeid, she was sitting in the overstuffed opulence of a hotel cafe in Cairo, enjoying a cigarette with Newsweek's Paris bureau chief, Christopher Dickey, and a famed Egyptian writer. It was Day 13 of… Continue reading
Apr 22 Mexicans Protest Drug Violence Amid Brutal Killings By Larisa Epatko After five years of a government war on the drug cartels and the deaths of more than 30,000 people, some Mexicans are organizing a movement called "ya basta" -- enough -- to bring an end to the killing. Continue reading
Apr 22 U.S. Authorizes Drone Strikes in Libya, McCain Visits Opposition in Benghazi By News Desk Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., met with rebels and members of the Libyan opposition's governing council in Benghazi on Friday, calling the fighters "heroes." Sen. McCain has been a staunch supporter of U.S. involvement in Libya and had earlier likened… Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch Technology Failures, Perils of Deepwater Drilling Among Gulf Oil Spill’s Lessons In his new book, "A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea," Washington Post reporter Joel Achenbach chronicles the 2010 struggle to stop what would become the nation's worst off-shore oil spill. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Achenbach about the battle… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch In Libya, What More Can U.S., NATO Do to Turn Stalemate Into Victory? A day after three countries unveiled plans to send military advisers to aid Libyan rebels, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. will deploy armed drones into the conflict. Jim Lehrer discusses the coalition's options with the International Council for… Continue watching
Apr 21 In London, Spring – and Royal Wedding Festivities – Are in the Air By Larisa Epatko In a week, Prince William and Kate Middleton will tie the knot at Westminster Abbey in London. We checked in with GlobalPost's correspondent in London, Michael Goldfarb, for a preview of the April 29 festivities. Continue reading
Apr 21 Journalist in Libya Makes First Contact Since Capture By Larisa Epatko Clare Morgana Gillis, a freelance journalist held in Libya along with GlobalPost contributor James Foley and another Western reporter, called her parents Thursday from a detention facility in Tripoli. It was the first contact any of them made with the… Continue reading
Apr 21 Deepwater Horizon Survivor Chris Choy: ‘I Can’t Go Back Onto a Rig’ By Dave Gustafson With this week marking the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and start of the Gulf oil spill, we checked back with Christopher Choy, a roustabout who survived the blast on the rig, to see how he is… Continue reading