Jan 18 Sunken Cheonan Ship Many consider the sinking of the South Korean Navy ship Cheonan on March 26, 2010 as the start of the latest bout of North-South friction. The NewsHour visited the ship in drydock 10 months later. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch Exiled Dictator ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier Returns to Haiti After 25 years in exile, former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier landed at the Port-au-Prince airport, leading human rights groups to urge authorities to arrest the ousted leader. Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch How Will Duvalier’s Return Impact Haiti’s Turmoil? Gwen Ifill talks to NPR's Jason Beaubien in Port-au-Prince about the possible implications of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier's surprise return to the country. Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch More Unrest in Tunisia as Interim Government Is Announced There were public protests and clashes with police on the streets of Tunisia, as a new unity government was announced. Independent Television News correspondent Jonathan Rugman reports. Continue watching
Jan 17 Tour of Korea’s Demilitarized Zone By Larisa Epatko PANMUNJOM, Korean border | Although it stands for the "demilitarized zone," the DMZ is the most militarized border in the world, U.S. Army Col. Kurt Taylor told us during our recent tour of the buffer zone separating North and South… Continue reading
Jan 17 Giffords’ Condition Upgraded to Serious, Chinese President Calls for ‘Practical Cooperation’ Ahead of Visit Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' condition was upgraded to serious after her ventilator was removed. The congresswoman from Arizona has been breathing on her own and communicating by hand signals with her doctors. Giffords was shot in the head eight days… Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch Tunisia’s Upheaval Resonates in Arab World The political uprising in Tunisia has raised questions about the possibility of similar unrest in other parts of the region, especially after protesters set themselves on fire in Egypt, Algeria, and Mauritania. Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch News Wrap: Giffords May Soon Move to Rehabilitation A synopsis of the day's other top news stories. Continue watching
Jan 15 S. Korean National Security Adviser: N. Korean Regime Faces Internal ‘Demise’ Unless It Yields to Global Pressure By Margaret Warner // SEOUL, South Korea | After last year's lethal attacks on a South Korean warship and civilian-populated island - and with thousands of North Korea's artillery pieces and much of its million-man army just 30 miles up the road -… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch Massive Protests in Tunisia Push President to Flee Amid demonstrations unprecedented during his more than two decades in office, Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was forced to flee Friday as thousands converged on the interior ministry building in the capital of Tunis. Continue watching