Mar 10 Watch News Wrap: Pro-Gadhafi Forces Claim to Recapture Key Oil Port In other news Thursday, forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi claimed to have recaptured the key oil port of Ras Lanouf, which rebels seized a week ago. Gadhafi's forces attacked the port with tanks and warplanes. Meanwhile in Brussels,… Continue watching
Mar 10 Foreign Aid Facing Proposed Cuts and a Public Perception Problem Calls for belt tightening and budget slashing abound on Capitol Hill as members of Congress debate not one but two contentious spending measures -- government spending for the remainder of financial year 2011 and the president's budget proposal for 2012. Continue reading
Mar 10 In Egypt, Excitement Dampened by Continued Violence By Larisa Epatko Following Egypt's revolution that brought down former president Hosni Mubarak a month ago, Egyptians are cautiously optimistic about the movement toward democracy, but sporadic violence continues to hamper the process, reports Jon Jensen, GlobalPost's correspondent in Cairo. Continue reading
Mar 10 Rep. King’s Radicalization Hearings Draw Strong Feelings on Capitol Hill Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., opened his controversial hearings to examine Muslim radicalization in America amid a chaotic atmosphere Thursday on Capitol Hill by offering a defense of the proceedings. "Let me make it clear today that I remain… Continue reading
Mar 10 U.N. Report: Closing Gender Gap is Good for Food Security Closing the gender gap could increase agricultural yield and help address food security in starving countries, according to a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization report released Monday, "The State of Food and Agriculture." "We know that women deserve the… Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch News Wrap: At Least 13 Dead After Sectarian Violence Erupts in Egypt In other news Wednesday, at least 13 people were killed and 140 wounded in new sectarian violence in Egypt as Muslims attacked Christian demonstrators. The Christians were protesting the burning of a church. Also, a suicide bomber killed at least… Continue watching
Mar 09 Behind the Scenes at an Interview With 3 Powerful Women People often ask me if I like doing television interviews. They follow up with: Are they hard to do? My answer is that I love doing them, and that every single one is a challenge. As a reporter, I want… Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch Laura Bush, Melinda Gates, CARE President on Women’s Issues, U.S. Foreign Aid Aid for Women, Children Goes 'Hand in Hand' With Stability… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch If Gadhafi Falls, Who Would Govern Libya and How? Gadhafi Vows Libyans Will 'Fight Back' if World Powers Intervene… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch In Libya’s East, Rebels Conduct Hit-And-Run Raids on Better-Armed Forces Battle for Control of Key Libyan Cities Intensifies as Gadhafi Denounces West… Continue watching