Nov 09 U.S.-Indonesian Ties, Muslim Dialogue Mark Obama’s Trip By Larisa Epatko During a 24-hour visit to Indonesia, President Obama plans to meet with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to emphasize the two countries' strengthened ties, and to deliver a second major speech to the Muslim world. Continue reading
Nov 09 Former President Bush Uses New Book, Media Tour to Defend His Legacy Former President George W. Bush's memoir "Decision Points." Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. Tuesday marks the official release of former President George W. Bush's memoir, "Decision Points," in which he reflects on the most significant decisions he made… Continue reading
Nov 09 Indonesians Evacuate From Mount Merapi’s Path DetectFlashDecision_Blog ('news01s452bqfc4', 'VtJxZneaqPg', '29'); The volcano erupting on Indonesia's Mount Merapi has continued to claim lives as hot ash and gas spew over surrounding areas in one of the worst eruptions in a century. The last time we… Continue reading
Nov 08 Obama Emphasizes Cooperation During India Visit President Obama inspects a guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential palace in New Dehli on Nov. 8, 2010. President Obama is wrapping up a three-day stop in India, the first country he is visiting in… Continue reading
Nov 05 Track Hurricane Tomas Using Google Earth and tropical storm-tracking data from NASA, we created this interactive map of Hurricane Tomas. Be sure to click on the local webcams to see images of of the Caribbean skies, and any other icon… Continue reading
Nov 05 Map: President Obama’s Trip to Asia President Obama embarked Friday morning on a 10-day trip to India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan. He plans to meet with world leaders, participate in the G-20 and APEC economic summits, and give a speech on U.S. outreach to… Continue reading
Nov 05 Mount Merapi Erupts Again DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4512qfc4', 'RXGvg-bsT6o', '29'); Photos courtesy of Will Carless Residents living near Mount Merapi are fleeing once again today, as the volcano continues to spew ash and could erupt at any time. The death toll rose again on Friday… Continue reading
Nov 05 Hurricane Descends on Haiti; U.S. Adds 150k Jobs; Mount Merapi Erupts Again People wait for United Nations trucks Thursday in Port-au-Prince. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Tropical Storm Tomas strengthened to a hurricane, bringing heavy rain and 85 mile per hour winds over Haiti as residents struggled to evacuate. Many… Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch Evacuations in Haiti as Tropical Storm Approaches Tropical Storm Tomas is heading toward Haiti, where more than a million people are still homeless after a deadly earthquake earlier this year. Kyle Morris of Independent Television News has more. Continue watching
Nov 04 Former Captive Ingrid Betancourt on the ‘Light We Have Inside’ By Margaret Warner Ingrid Betancourt, a French-Colombian politician, was held by Colombia’s notorious FARC rebels for more than six years. In July 2008, she was freed in a daring military rescue. We talked to her recently about the lessons she learned about… Continue reading