Mar 25 The Panic Button: High-Tech Protection for Human Rights Investigators By Spencer Michels There's a panic button included in a software program provided by a Palo Alto, Calif.-based nonprofit called Benetech. The program itself is designed to safely store data about torture, murder, killings and other human rights abuses in countries around… Continue reading
Mar 25 Poetry as a Weapon of War in Afghanistan By Tom LeGro According to two new reports by a leading Afghanistan watcher at the Naval Postgraduate School, "the Taliban blow us away" in getting its message out to the Afghan public by using poetry and music -- means the United States does… Continue reading
Mar 25 Egypt 'Quickly' Moves Toward Democracy By Larisa Epatko Egypt's march toward democracy -- from protests in January to President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in February and constitutional changes in March -- was more like a sprint. Continue reading
Mar 25 Gunfire Reported in Protests in Syria, Government Promises Reforms By News Desk Hundreds of Syrians march from the Omayyed mosque in Damascus' Old City toward Souk Al-Hamadiyeh street on Friday, chanting: 'Daraa is Syria' and 'We will sacrifice ourselves for Syria.' (AFP/Getty Images) Protesters in the Southern Syrian city of Daraa… Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch William Dobson on Egypt's 'Quick', 'Dynamic' Process Author William Dobson explains what comes next in Egypt after constitutional changes. Continue watching
Mar 25 NATO to Control No-Fly Zone, Explosions Near Tripoli 2:30 p.m. ET | In a briefing with reporters at the Pentagon on Friday, Vice Adm. Bill Gortney, director of the military's Joint Staff, said there was "not much of a change from yesterday" where contested cities, including Ajdabiya, were… Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch Dignity, Justice Among Goals of Yemeni Protesters Seeking President's Ouster Judy Woodruff talks to Nadia Abdulaziz Al-Sakkaf, editor and publisher of the Yemen Times, about the ongoing protests calling for the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch Ally Yemen's Violence, Instability Creates Worries for U.S. In what has become a familiar narrative in the Arab world, clashes between Yemeni government troops and protesters demanding the resignation of longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh have become increasingly violent. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch Keane: Coalition Needs to Put Forces on Ground in Libya to Work With Rebels NATO agreed Thursday to assume part of the military operations against Libya -- enforcement of the no-fly zone -- after days of debate among its members. Jeffrey Brown assesses the progress in the Libya campaign and the upcoming NATO handoff… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch News Wrap: Libya Reportly Asked Oil Companies to Pay Lockerbie Fine In other news Thursday, The New York Times reported that the Libyan government allegedly demanded that oil companies operating there pay its $1.5 billion fine in the Pan Am jetliner bombing over Scotland. Also, facing growing protests, the Syrian president… Continue watching