Jan 14 President Obama, Secretary Clinton Remember Ambassador Holbrooke President Obama was joined by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, and a crowd of dignitaries Friday at the Kennedy Center for a service honoring Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, the special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan… Continue reading
Jan 14 Tunisian President Steps Down Amid Protests Updated 3:30 p.m. ET Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali stepped down from office Friday, driven from power by angry demonstrators who had demanded he step down. His exact location is unconfirmed. Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi, an ally of… Continue reading
Jan 14 Brazil Floods Death Toll Rises, Tunisian Protesters Call for President To Step Down (In-depth coverage of the Tucson tragedy.) Death Toll Rises to More Than 500 in Brazil After Floods, Mudslides A man stands at his doorway observing the wreckage caused by mudslides and flooding in Teresopolis, some 100 km from… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch In Tunisia, an ‘Explosion of Frustration’ in Protests Judy Woodruff talks to Mary-Jane Deeb, chief of the African and Middle East Division at the Congress Library, for more on the political upheaval in Tunisia. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch Death Tolls Rise in Tunisian Clashes, Brazil’s Floods Sudden flooding and mudslides killed at least 400 people in Brazil, and many more are still missing. In Tunisia, President Ben Ali offered concessions to try to quell growing protests that have left at least 23 people dead. Continue watching
Jan 13 Gen. Sharp: U.S., Allies Could Neutralize N. Korean Missile By Larisa Epatko If Defense Secretary Robert Gates' prediction this week is correct, and North Korea is developing a missile -- nuclear or otherwise -- that can hit the United States, U.S. and allied forces are prepared to neutralize it, Gen. Walter "Skip"… Continue reading
Jan 13 Lebanon Facing Political Crisis with Government Collapse Lebanon's prime minister, Saad Hariri was meeting with President Obama at the White House when the resignations came in. (White House photo by Pete Souza.) Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman announced Thursday he will launch formal talks next week to… Continue reading
Jan 13 Voices From South Korea: National Security, North Korea and the U.S. By Margaret Warner South Koreans enter 2011 still smarting from two North Korean attacks last year -- on a warship in March and an island in November -- that together killed 50 of their citizens. We've been asking South Koreans how they now… Continue reading
Jan 13 Massive Mudslides in Brazil Kill at Least 350, Lebanon’s Unity Government Collapses (In-depth coverage of President Obama's speech in Tucson, including video of the speech and analysis.) Floods, Mudslides in Brazil Kill at Least 350 Heavy rain and mudslides in the mountainous towns of Nova Friburgo, Teresopolis and Petropolis in… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch Haiti Slow to Rebuild in Aftermath of Devastating Quake Jeffrey Brown traveled to Haiti to look at the struggle to rebuild and recover a year after a massive earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince and nearby area. Continue watching