Mar 04 In War Zones, Education Takes a Backseat to Other Needs By Larisa Epatko Education is often another casualty in countries wracked by violence, a recent U.N. report found, as more immediate needs such as food and shelter take priority. But some aid groups say education should be viewed with more urgency as a… Continue reading
Mar 04 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Crisis at Libya Border, Food Prices Hit 20 Year High By Talea Miller A man reaches for bread while waiting to cross from Libya into Tunisia. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Humanitarian Crisis at Libya-Tunisia Border People desperate to leave Libya and the violent clashes between rebel groups and Moammar Gadhafi's forces… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch News Wrap: Iraqi Government Attempts to Minimize Protester Turnout In other news Friday, major new protests were held across much of the Middle East, including Egypt, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. Iraq's government even imposed a vehicle ban, trying to limit turnout. Also, several thousand people protested in Turkey… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch As Drug War Rages, What Could Obama, Calderon Do Differently? Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Eric Olson, senior associate at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center, about the White House meeting between President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon and the continued toll of the drug-related violence in Mexico. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch Obama, Mexico’s Calderon Vow to Step up Drug War Cooperation In a visit to the White House, Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with President Obama, who pledged to increase U.S. cooperation in trying to bring the violent drug war plaguing both sides of the border under control. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch In California, Rising Health-Insurance Premiums Spark Outcry Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on increases in health-insurance premiums in California and the resulting outcry for government investigation. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch News Wrap: First-Time Claims for Unemployment Benefits Hit 3-Year Low In other news Thursday, first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest number in three years. Hiring in the service sector grew at the fastest rate since 2006. Also, a retired FBI agent who disappeared in Iran while working… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch Libya’s Ambassador Urges Obama to Issue No-Fly Zone, Be Firm With Regime Jeffrey Brown talks with Ali Suleiman Aujali, the Libyan ambassador to the United States appointed by Moammar Gadhafi in 2009. Aujali denounced the Libyan leader and says he now represents the voice of the people. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch Obama Urges Gadhafi to Step Down; International Criminal Court Launches Inquiry President Obama issued his strongest statement yet on Libya, saying Moammar Gadhafi must step down and leave the country. James Mates, Jonathan Miller and Alex Thomson of Independent Television News report on the latest developments in Libya and a new… Continue watching
Mar 03 Killing of Pakistan Minister Highlights Peril of Questioning Blasphemy Laws The late Pakistani Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti prays for slain Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer at the Fatima Church in Islamabad on Jan. 9; Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images In the months before he died, Pakistani Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti knew… Continue reading