Dec 31 Cities Around the World Mark New Year; Napolitano Spends Holiday with Troops Fireworks light up Sydney Harbour at the stroke of midnight to welcome in the year 2011 on January 01, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Don Arnold/Getty Images) 2011 has begun in New Zealand and Australia with massive fireworks displays… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch Sudan Vote Could Cleave Africa’s Largest Country in 2 In the first of two reports, special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye examines the mood in Sudan leading up to a referendum that could split the war-torn country in two. He reports from the southern city of Juba, which is poised to… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch News Wrap: NYC Plows Ahead in Snow Cleanup In other news Thursday, snow plows kept going in New York City, four days after last weekend's blizzard. Officials said snow crews have plowed every street at least once but some blocks were still impassable because of abandoned cars. Continue watching
Dec 30 In Photos: World Events of 2010 By Larisa Epatko It was a year of earthquakes and volcanoes, floods and toxic spills, but 2010 also saw thwarted terrorist attacks and the joyous release of 33 miners in Chile from the Earth's rocky depths. Continue reading
Dec 30 In Sudan, a Smudge Could Affect Outcome of Vote By Larisa Epatko As Sudan prepares for a vote in January on whether the south will split from the north, one of the African nation's challenges is how to inform an electorate with a high illiteracy rate on how to vote. Continue reading
Dec 30 Khodorkovsky Sentenced to 6 Additional Years, Bomb Explodes in Athens Former Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks with his lawyer from inside the defendant's glass cage in a Moscow courtroom on Nov. 2, 2010. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) On his fourth consecutive day in court, former Yukos oil chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch Ivory Coast Stalemate: Military, Diplomatic Solutions Considered Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo is holding fast to power, despite international appeals to end an election stalemate. As the nation teeters on a political precipice, Gwen Ifill gets insight on the situation from Christopher Fomunyoh, senior associate for Central… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch News Wrap: Florida Cold Snap Damages $115 Million in Crops In other news Wednesday, a cold wave that hit crops has cost Florida growers an estimated $115 million, with record cold temperatures damaging fruits, vegetables and citrus foliage. Continue watching
Dec 29 After Another Snowmageddon, Ushahidi Helps New Yorkers Dig Out In February, a Nor'easter buried Washington, D.C., in several feet of snow, shutting down the federal government and overwhelming the city's ability to respond. In DC's Dupont Circle neighborhood, a Web developer turned to Ushahidi… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch Ivory Coast Remains in Political Limbo as Civil War Fears Linger Despite calls from the U.N. and West African leaders to accept election results and step down, Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has refused to surrender power and retains control of the nation's military forces. Nearly 200 people have been killed… Continue watching