Apr 21 ‘Louisiana Water Stories’ Documents the Culture and Curses of SOLA In southern Louisiana, life revolves around the water. Half of Louisiana's residents live in coastal areas, and nearly 30 percent of America's seafood comes from the Gulf region. Jon Bowermaster's latest documentary, "SOLA: Louisiana Water Stories", looks at… Continue reading
Apr 21 Libyan Rebels Make Gains Near Tunisian Border, Two Photographers Killed By News Desk Libyan rebel fighters carry out a comrade wounded during an effort to dislodge some ensconced government loyalist troops who were firing on them from a building during house-to-house fighting on Tripoli Street in downtown Misrata April 20, 2011. This photo… Continue reading
Apr 20 Egypt’s Uprising: Tracking the Social Media Factor A Dubai-based news and information company analyzed social media revolving around the Egypt uprising. They discovered a new conversation rising, growing larger and asking Arab people, "who are we and what will we be in the future?"… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch How Are Libyans Coping With Food, Medicine Shortages? Food, Medicine Shortages Among Woes in Libya… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch Along Gulf Coast, Cautious Optimism for Future a Year After Oil Spill Began Compensation Disputes Among Lingering Impacts of Gulf Spill… Continue watching
Apr 20 Gulf Oil Spill: 1 Year and 232 Stories Later It was a year ago Wednesday that a massive oil spill began in the Gulf of Mexico with an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. It took three months to seal the underwater oil gusher, and the region… Continue reading
Apr 20 Global Fund Hit by Millions of Dollars in Malaria Drug Thefts By Talea Miller Child with severe malaria in Tanzania. Photo by Talea Miller. Millions of dollars worth of malaria medication donated through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria may have been lost to theft, according to internal documents obtained by… Continue reading
Apr 20 A Year in Photos: Capturing the Lingering Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill Over the course of the last year, the NewsHour has been checking in with Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert, a New Orleans native who began covering the Gulf oil spill when BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and… Continue reading
Apr 20 One Year Later, Where Has All the Oil Gone? By Jenny Marder The Gulf of Mexico has always been an oily place. Early sea captains wrote in their log books of slicks of oil. Mayan Indians used natural tars to seal their water jugs and waterproof their canoes. As many as 50… Continue reading
Apr 20 Britain, France, Italy Sending Military Advisers to Libya; Wildfires Hit Texas By News Desk Italy and France announced they will follow Britain's lead in sending a small team of military advisers to Libya to assist the rebel forces. None of the countries are planning to send ground troops. Libyan Foreign Minister Abdul Ati… Continue reading