Oct 11 Watch Abdulmutallab May Not Talk Much in 'Underwear Bomber' Trial The trial of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is charged with trying to detonate explosives hidden in underwear on a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009, began Tuesday. Gwen Ifill discusses the opening day of the case with WDET Public Radio's… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Is Iran's Regime Capable of Attacks Inside U.S.? Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that Iran is behind a terror plot in the U.S. that targeted Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington and possibly two embassies. Jeffrey Brown discusses the alleged scheme and the Iranian political landscape with The… Continue watching
Oct 11 'Women, War and Peace' Challenges Notions of Conflict By Saskia de Melker // A new series from WNET challenges the notion that war and peace are domains dominated by men. In each of the five hour-long episodes, 'Women, War, and Peace' highlights a different area of the world where women are… Continue reading
Oct 11 International Monitor: Liberians Vote in 'Building Block' Election By Larisa Epatko Rainy weather didn't discourage Liberians from going to the polls Tuesday to vote for a president, vice president, and members of the House and Senate, though final results could take days. Continue reading
Oct 11 News Reports: Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit to Be Released in Prisoner Swap By News Desk This undated photo released by the Shalit family via Getty Images shows Israeli army Cpl. Gilad Shalit, taken by Hamas militants at age 19. An agreement was reached to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, captured and held by Hamas… Continue reading
Oct 11 WHO: Global TB Cases Decline for the First Time Tuberculosis patient in India. Photo by WHO/David Rochkind. For the first time on record, the number of people suffering from tuberculosis around the world is dropping, but a drug-resistant strain of the disease continues to spread at an alarming rate. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch Holder: 2 Charged in Plot to Kill Saudi Ambassador Holder: 2 Arrested in Plot to Kill Saudi Ambassador… Continue watching
Oct 11 Holder: 2 Charged in Plot to Kill Saudi Ambassador EmbedVideo(1724, 482, 304); Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday afternoon that U.S. authorities had uncovered and stopped a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador and blow up the embassies of Saudi Arabia and Israel in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Oct 11 'Underwear Bomber' Trial Begins in Detroit By News Desk 1 p.m. ET | Abdulmutallab's lawyer, Anthony Chambers, opted to delay his opening statement to jurors to a later point in the trial after the prosecutor's hour-and-a-half long opening statement. According to federal prosecutor Jonathan Tukel, Abdulmutallab believed he would… Continue reading
Oct 11 Debate Provides Perry Opportunity to Show Improvement Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney listens to Texas Gov. Rick Perry during the Republican debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Sept. 7, 2011 in Simi Valley, Calif. Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images. Hanover, N.H. -- Mitt… Continue reading