Sep 10 Obama: Economy Growing Again, but Progress ‘Painfully Slow’ By News Desk President Obama said Friday at a nationally televised news conference that economic progress has been “painfully slow,” but investments in business, education and technology will help make America more competitive in the global economy. “While the economy is growing again…the… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 9 Years After 9/11, Has Religious Tolerance Changed in America? Jeffrey Brown moderates a conversation among four religious leaders and experts on the tolerance -- or intolerance -- of different religions and cultures in America, nine years after the Sept. 11 attacks. Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch News Wrap: Suicide Bomb Kills 17 at Russian Market In other news Thursday, a bomb packed with metal bars and bolts tore through an entrance to a busy market in Russia killing at least 17. In Iran, American hiker Sarah Shourd is scheduled to be set free on Saturday… Continue watching
Sep 09 Kim Jong Un: Potential Successor in North Korea, but Who Is He? By Larisa Epatko A major conference of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang has raised the expectation of a handover of power from Kim Jong Il to his youngest son. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Chilean Miners ‘In Good Spirits’ But Rebelling Against Some Care Much has been done to keep the Chilean miners in good spirits but what about the families of these miners? Tom Bearden reports from Chile on how they are holding up. Continue watching
Sep 08 Rise of a Megacity: Bangladesh’s Dhaka Sees Population Boom By Larisa Epatko Nearly 500,000 migrants flow into Dhaka, Bangladesh, each year, leaving the countryside to try to make a living in the big city. By 2025, the United Nations estimates Dhaka will grow to about 20 million, rivaling Mexico City, Beijing and… Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch 3 Options Explored to Rescue Chilean Miners, But No End in Sight for Saga It's been a month since a mine collapse in Northern Chile trapped 33 men. As efforts continue to keep them healthy and happy, a rescue date still isn't set. Jeffrey Brown talks to Tom Bearden about the options being used… Continue watching
Sep 07 For Iraqi Refugees, Survival Can Come at a High Price By Haider Hamza I am among the estimated 2 million Iraqi refugees still living far from home more than seven years after the U.S.-led coalition took over Baghdad. This is one story among hundreds of thousands. _pap_embed_custom('news01s431dqf59',482,304,""); In August, I visited my… Continue reading
Sep 07 Australia Cobbles Together New Government It took more than two weeks of horse trading to win the votes of independent members of parliament, but Australia now has a government with the narrowest of majorities. And that is an accurate reflection of the election last… Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch IAEA Expresses Alarm at Iranian Defiance In other news Monday, the U.N. nuclear agency voiced new concern at Iran's continued defiance over its nuclear program. Continue watching