Jan 03 Governing Coalition Threatened in Pakistan, Huge Parts of Australia Flooded Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, left, is flanked by leaders of Pakistan Muslim League Qaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) as he talks to the media after their meeting in Lahore on Monday. Pakistan's prime minister won tentative support at crisis talks… Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch News Wrap: Floodwaters Cover Large Swaths of Australian Outback In other news Monday, 22 cities and towns in the Australian state of Queensland have been inundated with floodwaters, prompting military airlifts of food and medical supplies. Also, police were pursuing a possible al-Qaida role in the deadly bombing of… Continue watching
Jan 01 World Events of 2010 By Larisa Epatko It was a year of earthquakes and volcanoes, floods and toxic spills, but 2010 also saw thwarted terrorist attacks and the joyous release of 33 miners in Chile from the Earth's rocky depths. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch Ringing in the New Year, Rain or Shine In New York, crews worked to remove snow from last weekend's blizzard in time for the Times Square ball drop. Jeffrey Brown has more on New Year's celebrations - and weather hazards - around the world. Continue watching
Dec 31 Cities Around the World Mark New Year; Napolitano Spends Holiday with Troops Fireworks light up Sydney Harbour at the stroke of midnight to welcome in the year 2011 on January 01, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Don Arnold/Getty Images) 2011 has begun in New Zealand and Australia with massive fireworks displays… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch Sudan Vote Could Cleave Africa’s Largest Country in 2 In the first of two reports, special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye examines the mood in Sudan leading up to a referendum that could split the war-torn country in two. He reports from the southern city of Juba, which is poised to… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch News Wrap: NYC Plows Ahead in Snow Cleanup In other news Thursday, snow plows kept going in New York City, four days after last weekend's blizzard. Officials said snow crews have plowed every street at least once but some blocks were still impassable because of abandoned cars. Continue watching
Dec 30 In Photos: World Events of 2010 By Larisa Epatko It was a year of earthquakes and volcanoes, floods and toxic spills, but 2010 also saw thwarted terrorist attacks and the joyous release of 33 miners in Chile from the Earth's rocky depths. Continue reading
Dec 30 In Sudan, a Smudge Could Affect Outcome of Vote By Larisa Epatko As Sudan prepares for a vote in January on whether the south will split from the north, one of the African nation's challenges is how to inform an electorate with a high illiteracy rate on how to vote. Continue reading
Dec 30 Khodorkovsky Sentenced to 6 Additional Years, Bomb Explodes in Athens Former Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks with his lawyer from inside the defendant's glass cage in a Moscow courtroom on Nov. 2, 2010. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) On his fourth consecutive day in court, former Yukos oil chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky… Continue reading