Feb 11 Pakistan: U.S. Employee Committed Murder, Chinese Activist Beaten Officials in Pakistan say Raymond Allen Davis, a U.S. consulate employee committed murder when he shot two Pakistanis in Lahore in January. The incident has caused friction between the allies; the United States claims he shot the two… Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch Mubarak Defies Resignation Anticipation, Protesters Pledge Big Crowds Friday Labor strikes spread throughout Egypt as President Hosni Mubarak handed over some powers to Vice President Omar Suleiman but refused to step down until the fall -- further frustrating masses of protesters in Cairo. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Protesters Look to Step Up Pressure on Mubarak as Concerns of Violence Resurface From Cairo, Margaret Warner reports on the day's protests in Tahrir Square and reactions to President Hosni Mubarak's announcement that he's handing over some powers to Vice President Omar Suleiman, but not resigning immediately as many had expected. Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch After ‘Vague’ Mubarak Speech, What’s Ahead for Him, VP, Army? Jeffrey Brown speaks with Georgetown University's Samer Shehata and Mary-Jane Deeb of the Library of Congress about the speeches by Egyptian President Mubarak and Vice President Suleiman, and what's ahead in Egypt's unrest and transfer of political power. Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Amid Combustible Atmosphere in Egypt, ‘There Could Be a Showdown’ Jim Lehrer speaks with two former presidential national security advisers about the impact of Egyptian President Mubarak's speech and continuing political unrest on U.S.-Egypt relations. Stephen Hadley served under President George W. Bush, and Zbigniew Brzezinski held the post in… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch News Wrap: Demonstrators in Iraq Demand End to Corruption, Prisoner Abuse In other news Thursday, more than 3,000 Iraqis protested prisoner abuse and court-system corruption in the streets of Baghdad. The demonstrations were one of the biggest since political unrest began in Egypt and Tunisia. In northwestern Pakistan, a suicide bomber… Continue watching
Feb 10 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Vatican to Host AIDS Conference Vatican to Host Aids Conference The Vatican has announced plans to host an international conference at the end of May focusing on AIDS prevention and care. Last fall, Pope Benedict XVI grabbed headlines when he said during an… Continue reading
Feb 10 Singapore Bursts With Energy, But Change Can Be Disturbing Singapore merlion and towers (Peter Garnhum via Flickr Creative Commons) Beyond the forests of tall buildings that dominate Singapore's skyline, a visitor can feel -- if not necessarily see -- the presence of China. A tiny city-state of nearly… Continue reading
Feb 10 Suicide Bomber Kills 31 in Pakistan, India and Pakistan Agree to New Talks A suicide bomber, reportedly a teenager dressed in a school uniform, blew himself up at an army facility in the northwestern region of Pakistan. The bomber was apparently able to slip past multiple checkpoints in the secured… Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch Turmoil Over Detained Diplomat Jeopardizes U.S.-Pakistan Dialogue Jeffrey Brown talks to Pamela Constable, a longtime Washington Post reporter in Pakistan, on the brewing tensions between Washington and Islamabad over diplomatic immunity and self-defense in the case of an American diplomat arrested in connection with the shooting deaths… Continue watching