Oct 18 Israeli Soldier Freed After Five Years in Prisoner Swap By News Desk In this handout photo provided by the Israeli Defense Force, freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit walks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Tel Nof Airbase on Tuesday. Photo by IDF via Getty Images. After being held for more than… Continue reading
Oct 17 Slide Show: The 8 Most Dangerous Countries for Journalists By Larisa Epatko Pakistan, Iraq, Libya and Mexico top the list of places considered the most dangerous for journalists to work, according to a list recently released by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. Continue reading
Oct 17 8 Most Deadly Countries for Journalists By Larisa Epatko The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers monitors the deaths of journalists related to their work all around the world and recently released its list for 2011 to date. We illustrate some of the top countries here. Continue reading
Oct 17 Occupy Wall Street Movement Expands to International Cities By Saskia de Melker Following weeks of protests in New York and other cities in the United States, demonstrators took to the streets in locations around the world in similarly fashioned protests over the weekend, resulting in hundreds of arrests. Continue reading
Oct 17 Hundreds Arrested Worldwide in Latest 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests A pedestrian passes a vandalized automated teller machine (ATM), operated by Banca Popolare del Lazio, in Rome on Sunday. Photo by Victor Sokolowicz/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Following weeks of protests in New York and other cities in the United… Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Mother Nature, Manmade Changes Fuel Flooding Across Asia Mother Nature, Changing Infrastructure Fuel Worst Floods in Half-Century… Continue watching
Oct 14 U.S. Assists with Hunt for Lord's Resistance Army Leader By News Desk File photo of Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony taken on Nov. 12, 2006. Photo by Stuart Price/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama is sending 100 military advisers to Uganda to help with the search for notorious leader Joseph Kony and… Continue reading
Oct 14 Why Did Assad, Saddam and Mubarak Protect Christians? By P. J. Tobia Recent attacks on a Christian church in Egypt led to violent protests and dozens dead on the streets of Cairo. David Kirkpatrick leads The New York Times' coverage of the protests (read his dispatches) and he appeared… Continue reading
Oct 14 Raw Video: In Thailand, Rising Waters and Risky Rescues By Larisa Epatko Heavy monsoon rains have swamped a third of Thailand since summer, causing at least $3 billion in damages, according to the Thai government. In this raw video footage from APTN, residents sandbag their homes and escape flooded areas by clinging… Continue reading
Oct 13 Korea Watchers Square Off Over Obama's Approach to North Korea EmbedVideo(1744, 482, 304); President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak met Thursday at the White House and celebrated Congress' passage of the trade deal between the two countries that has been in the works for… Continue reading