Nov 30 Carter: ‘Serious Doubts’ on Afghanistan By Larisa Epatko Former President Carter told Ray Suarez in an interview airing soon on the NewsHour that he has "serious doubts" that the U.S. will prevail in Afghanistan under the current set of goals. Continue reading
Nov 30 Mexico Dispatch: A Town in the Heart of Narco Country, Pretending It Isn’t BADIRAGUATO, Sinaloa, Mexico | The radio on the bus from Culiacan to Badiraguato was turned up full blast, playing "narco-corridos," popular songs with lyrics that spin tales of the drug trade. A few of the passengers were singing along, but… Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch Oregon Bomb Plot Suspect’s Defense Challenges FBI Over ‘Grooming’ Margret Warner examines the case of 19-year-old Somali-American Mohamed Osman Mohamud, who is charged with trying to detonate a bomb at a Christmas tree lighting in Portland, Ore. The arrested of the naturalized American has renewed concerns over homegrown terror… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch Vote Fraud, Disenfranchisement Allegations Mar Haitian Election Twelve candidates in Haiti's presidential election have called for the results of Sunday's vote to be discarded amid allegations of voting irregularities. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Nov 29 Digging into Wikileaks’ ‘CableGate’ This weekend's massive Wikileaks document dump contains -- according to Wikileaks -- "251,287 leaked United States embassy cables, the largest set of confidential documents ever to be released into the public domain." With that in mind, here are a… Continue reading
Nov 29 Haiti’s Election Turmoil Throws Results Into Question By Larisa Epatko Allegations of fraud, general disorganization and protests marred Haiti's presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, and Haitian officials are now mulling over how to handle results. Continue reading
Nov 29 Wikileaks Cable Release Rattles Diplomatic World; U.S., South Korea Start Military Exercises WikiLeaks Publishes Stash of Secret Diplomatic Documents View of the WikiLeaks homepage.(Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) The web site WikiLeaks has released the first in a series of secret State Department cables online, sending ripples through the diplomatic community and eliciting… Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch Prospect of Political Chaos Adds to Haiti’s Troubles Following Sunday's vote in Haiti, 12 of the 18 candidates trying to succeed President Rene Preval called for the results to be discarded after reports of fraud, but electoral officials disputed that there were widespread problems. Jason Beaubien of NPR… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch Cholera Numbers Grow as Haitians Prepare for Presidential Vote Amid ongoing reconstruction after the deadly earthquake earlier this year and an ongoing cholera epidemic, Haitians head to the polls to vote on a new leader. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports from Port-au-Prince on the country's presidential election this weekend and… Continue watching
Nov 25 President Obama Releases Plan to End Rebel Violence in Uganda President Barack Obama outlined a plan to disarm the notorious Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord's Resistance Army in a letter and policy documents sent to lawmakers Wednesday. The documents request additional funding from Congress to eliminate… Continue reading