Mar 09 Heavy-Handed Response to Journalists in China Becomes the Story By Larisa Epatko Anonymous calls on the Internet for Tunisian-inspired protests in China roused several hundred people to protest on Feb. 20, but the heavy-handed response that followed actually became the story, said Kathleen McLaughlin, GlobalPost's correspondent in Beijing. Continue reading
Mar 09 Obama Nominates Commerce Secretary Locke for China Ambassador Post Gary Locke with President Obama (Bloomberg via Getty Images) Updated at 5:56 p.m. ET Gary Locke is on track to be the first Chinese-American -- and the first Asian American -- to become U.S. ambassador to Beijing, but what… Continue reading
Mar 09 High Casualties in Afghanistan in 2010; Bombing at Pakistan Funeral Kills at Least 36; NPR CEO Schiller Resigns A new U.N. report says 2,700 civilians died in Afghanistan in 2010, a 15 percent increase from 2009. The report said NATO was responsible for 16 percent of those deaths, a figure that was highlighted by the deaths of… Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch In Guatemala, Family Planning Clashes with Religion, Tradition In rural Guatemala, it is not unusual for women to have as many as 10 children, beginning in their teens and continuing into their 40s. That can take a big physical toll on mothers. Ray Suarez reports on the cultural,… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch News Wrap: Yemeni Police Fire on Protesters, Injuring 50 In other news Tuesday, police in Yemen opened fire on demonstrators, injuring at least 50 as protests continued across the Middle East. In Bahrain, three Shiite groups said they formed a movement to turn the Sunni monarchy into a republic. Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch Libyan Rebels’ Hold on Zawiya Buckling After 5 Days of Attacks Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi stepped up attacks on rebels in cities and oil fiends across the country as President Obama reiterated calls for Gadhafi to step down. Lindsey Hilsum and Bill Neely of Independent Television News report… Continue watching
Mar 08 In Photos: Women Show Solidarity at Events Around the Globe By Larisa Epatko Women came together on March 8 to express a message of solidarity on International Women's Day by dancing in Iraq, protesting in Ivory Coast and dressing as men in Lebanon. Continue reading
Mar 08 Conflict over Bangladeshi Micro-lender is ‘Political’, Some Say By Larisa Epatko A Bangladeshi court has upheld the removal of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as head of the micro-lending Grameen Bank he founded, in a move his supporters are calling politically motivated. Continue reading
Mar 08 The Congo and Beyond: Join a Live Chat on Empowering Women Join us Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) for an online panel discussion, hosted by the PBS NewsHour and Independent Television Service (ITVS), about violence against women in the Congo and beyond. Set on the 100th anniversary… Continue reading
Mar 08 International Women’s Day 2011 Dancing in Iraq, protests in Ivory Coast, women dressed as men in Lebanon and a fashion show in China are some of the ways women are expressing a message of solidarity on International Women's Day, March 8. This year's theme… Continue reading