Dec 28 In Kenya, Generating Wealth – One Cow at a Time By Larisa Epatko With mainstream banks and microfinance organizations mainly helping business startups in urban Kenya, a group called Juhudi Kilimo decided to focus on rural small-holder farmers. Continue reading
Dec 28 East Coast Digs Out After Storm, Iran Executes Man Convicted of Spying for Israel Travelers pull their suitcases through the snow in Times Square in New York, U.S., on Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. New York City's major airports began resuming operations late today after the heaviest December snowfall in six decades left… Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch Blizzard Batters East Coast, Creating Travel Havoc Thousands of U.S. travelers found their holiday weekends unexpectedly extended due to a massive winter storm that roared up the East Coast, dumping more than a foot of snow in some places in the Northeast and canceling thousands of flights. Continue watching
Dec 27 In Photos: Southern Sudan, Before the Secession Vote By Jeffrey Kaye In January, southern Sudanese will vote on whether they want to stay with the north or become their own country. Posters touting the separation of the south are planted all over the walls in the southern city of Juba --… Continue reading
Dec 27 Blizzard Snarls East Coast Travel; Russian Oil Tycoon Found Guilty Winter Storm Strands Travelers, Blankets East Coast Canceled flights and snow-covered roads are creating frustrating conditions for travelers on the East Coast as airport closures in New York City and other hubs compounded the misery of post-holiday transport. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch Diplomat: U.S. Fears ‘Brutal Situation’ Unless Ivory Coast President Steps Down As the U.N. reports more than 170 deaths in Ivory Coast, Judy Woodruff talks to State Department official William Fitzgerald about election unrest in the African nation. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Turmoil Grips Ivory Coast Over Disputed Election Judy Woodruff reports on political turmoil in the Ivory Coast, which has left more than 170 people dead after a bitter presidential election. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Amid Heightened Security Fears, U.S. Faces a ‘Battle of Ideas’ Parcel bombs went off at two embassies in Rome Thursday, heightening fears of terrorism attacks during the holiday season. Margaret Warner talks to former CIA official John McLaughlin and counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke for more. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Embassy Parcel Bombs in Rome Ratchet up Security Concerns Parcel bombs at the Chilean and Swiss embassies in Rome injured two people and raised security fears at the height of holiday travel. Margaret Warner has more. Continue watching
Dec 23 Parcel Bombs Reported in Rome; Consumer Spending Up News reports say a package has exploded at Chile's embassy in Rome following a parcel bombing at Switzerland's embassy earlier in the day. Police and embassy officials say the blast at the Swiss Embassy seriously injured a… Continue reading