Dec 10 Watch Jailed in China, Dissident Liu Xiaobo Honored With Empty Chair at Nobel Ceremony Jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, serving an 11-year sentence for writing a pro-democracy manifesto, was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in absentia Friday despite vocal opposition from China. Jeffrey Brown has more. Continue watching
Dec 10 Jailed Chinese Dissident Receives Nobel Peace Prize Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, placed the gold medal on an empty chair in honor of dissident Liu Xiaobo at the city hall in Oslo. (Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images) The Nobel Peace Prize committee honored Liu… Continue reading
Dec 10 Nobel Chairman Calls for Liu Xiaobo’s Release, Peace Prize Awarded in Absentia The Nobel Peace Prize committee honored Liu Xiaobo, who is serving an 11-year sentence in China for his 2008 document calling for democracy, at a ceremony in Norway. Xiaobo was represented on the stage by an empty chair. Nobel Chairman… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch In Haiti, Political Uproar But Hope for Election Compromise Margaret Warner speaks with Joel Dreyfuss, managing editor of TheRoot.com and a native of Haiti, for more on the political disputes there. Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch Haitian Officials Agree to Review Disputed Election Results A day after supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly, angry that the singer would be left out of a run-off election next month, torched the headquarters of Haiti's ruling party, election officials announced they would review the results of the… Continue watching
Dec 09 British Parliament Approves Controversial Tuition Hikes By Larisa Epatko Surrounded by student protests outside, British lawmakers voted Thursday to triple the university tuition fee cap in a move meant to help stabilize the country's ailing economy. Continue reading
Dec 09 North Korea Welcomes Chinese Envoy, Election Protests Continue in Haiti South Korean marines patrol on Yeonpyeong island in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea on Dec, 6, 2010. (Kim Jae-Myung/AFP/Getty Images) China stepped up rhetoric in response to U.S. criticism that it has not done enough to respond… Continue reading
Dec 08 Chinese Dissident to Get Nobel Peace Recognition From Afar By Larisa Epatko Chinese pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo will receive the Nobel Peace Prize in absentia on Friday in an award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, where his absence will be marked by an empty chair. Continue reading
Dec 07 WikiLeaks’ Assange Arrested in London; Iran Nuclear Talks Conclude Wikileaks founder Julian Assange during a news conference at the Geneva Press Club on Nov. 4, 2010. Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images. Julian Assange, the 39-year-old Australian and founder of the WikiLeaks web site, was arrested by Scotland… Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch Iranian Nuclear Program: Will U.S. Concede Anything in Talks? Iran struck a defiant note as talks began anew with the U.S. and five other countries over its nuclear ambitions. Margaret Warner talks with former State Department official Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution about Iran's nuclear program and the… Continue watching