Mar 31 Fighters in Ivory Coast Push Into Abidjan By News Desk Members of Pro-Ouattara forces hold their weapons on March 29 in Duekoue in western Ivory Coast. (Zoom Dosso/AFP/Getty Images) Forces loyal to democratically elected president Alassane Ouattara are pressing into Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, in a bid to wrest… Continue reading
Mar 31 Japan’s Radioactive Leak: What Are the Long-Term Consequences? By Talea Miller Fukushima nuclear power plant. Environmental and nuclear scientists in the U.S. are watching apparent leakage discovered at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor site this week with a concerned eye, for both health effects and impact on the environment. Japanese safety… Continue reading
Mar 31 Radioactivity in Seawater Near Nuclear Plant Reaches New High 1 p.m. ET | Tepco said Thursday that the water beneath the damaged reactor has radioactivity measuring at 10,000 time the legal limit, though it still believes the drinking water supply to be safe. French and U.S. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch NOVA Explores Science Behind Japan’s Earthquake, Tsunami NOVA looks at the scenes behind the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan. Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch In India, Loan Sharks, Commercialization Cast Pall Over Microfinancing Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the tarnished reputation of small loans in India. Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch Arming Libya’s Rebels: Overdue Idea or ‘Disaster in the Making’? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the U.S. has not yet decided whether to send weapons to Libya's struggling opposition movement. Jim Lehrer discusses the arms issue with the Institute for Policy Studies' Emira Woods and Mansour El-Kikhia… Continue watching
Mar 30 Regulators Crack Down on Microfinance Industry in India By Fred de Sam Lazaro [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Kw7qSrW1Y] New rules aimed at regulating India's microfinance industry, whose spectacular growth and near collapse strongly echo the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, are set to take effect April 1. Neighboring Bangladesh's supreme court will also resume hearing an appeal… Continue reading
Mar 30 Obama: Gadhafi Will ‘Ultimately Step Down’; Rebels Turned Back at Key Cities 5:20 p.m. ET | According to Britain's government, Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa has traveled to London with the intention of abandoning his post. "We are discussing this with him and we will release further detail in due… Continue reading
Mar 30 Q&A: Violent Attack in Tikrit Raises Questions About Security in Iraq By Larisa Epatko A violent, five-hour long attack Tuesday on a government building in Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein, claimed at least 57 lives and prompted new questions about the strength of security in Iraq. Continue reading
Mar 30 In Ivory Coast, Fighters’ Advances Could Signal Changing Tide By Larisa Epatko In the four months since people in the West African nation of Ivory Coast decisively voted to turn out their president, his refusal to leave office has led to an increasingly violent standoff. Continue reading