Mar 02 Christchurch’s Earthquake Damage A week after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand, rescuers were still searching through the ruins and the town was holding memorial services for the victims. Continue reading
Mar 02 New Zealand’s Shaken Town Combs Through Debris, Buries the Dead By Larisa Epatko At least 150 people died and more are feared buried in the rubble caused by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the city of Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island on Feb. 22. A week later, rescuers were still searching through… Continue reading
Mar 01 Margaret Warner: Echoes of Egypt in Libyans’ ‘Dignity Revolution’ It was late in the evening in Zawiyah just west of Tripoli -- after the town had endured a horrifying assault by Libyan government forces earlier Tuesday -- when I finally reached someone who was willing to talk to me… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch News Wrap: Amid Biggest Protests, Yemeni President Accuses U.S. of Instigation In other news Tuesday, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh accused the U.S. of directing unrest in his country from an operations room in Israel. A U.S. State Department spokesman denied the charge, and hundreds of thousands of Yemenis took to… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch Eyewitness to Libya’s Turmoil: ‘We Need the World’s Help’ Libyan government forces battled unsuccessfully for six hours to reclaim Zawiyah, a key rebel-held city 30 miles from the capital of Tripoli. Margaret Warner talks with a resident about the battle and what people in Libya are saying about the… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch Libyan Rebels, Gadhafi’s Forces Battle as Refugees Swarm Border Crossings Pro-government militias loyal to Moammar Gadhafi continued to battle Libyan rebels as more refugees fled to borders with Tunisia and Egypt, sparking fears of a humanitarian crisis. Alex Thomson and Bill Neely of Independent Television News report on the latest… Continue watching
Mar 01 Facing Economic Woes, Irish Voters Stage ‘Rebellion’ at Ballot Box By Larisa Epatko Much of Ireland's modern history is defined by rebellion. It looks like the country had another one over the weekend. Continue reading
Mar 01 Humanitarian Crisis Grows on Libya-Tunisia Border By Talea Miller Stranded Egyptians who have fled Libya protest because of insufficient food, water and shelter, in a camp on March 1, 2010 in Ras Jdir, close to the border between Tunisia and Egypt. (Carlos Spottorno/Getty Images) Tens of thousands of people… Continue reading
Mar 01 In Shadow of Libya, Protests Continue in Yemen, Oman, Bahrain As world attention has become more focused on the dramatic upheaval rocking Libya, demonstrators have maintained pressure on governments elsewhere in the region, including Yemen and Bahrain, both allies of the U.S. Here are recent developments in some of… Continue reading
Mar 01 Students Experience Hunger to Raise Money for Haiti By Tom Bearden Students sort clothes at World Vision warehouse. Photo by Tom Bearden Any parent can testify to the fact that teenagers can sometimes resemble a plague of locusts -- they can eat you out of house and home. So it… Continue reading