Feb 16 Taliban’s Top Commander Is Captured -- A Pakistani man in Karachi reads news that top Taliban military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been arrested in a joint Pakistani-U.S. operation. Photo by Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images. In what may be the most significant capture since… Continue reading
Feb 16 Watch In Cairo’s Trash City, School Teaches Reading, Recycling For generations, the Zabaleen people have hauled away Cairo's refuse and lived on the fringes of society. But thanks to an enterprising recycling school, the poor and mostly illiterate inhabitants of "Trash City" are receiving education and job training for… Continue watching
Feb 15 Gunfights Mark Third Day of Offensive in Southern Afghanistan By Larisa Epatko Firefights erupted in the southern Afghan town of Marjah on Monday, where Marines and Afghan forces are battling insurgents as part of an offensive for a third straight day. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch Biden and Cheney Clash Over Terror Trial Policy Vice President Joe Biden and former Vice President Dick Cheney sparred in separate Sunday talk show appearances over whether terror suspects should be tried in civilian courts or treated as "enemy combatants" under military authority. Gwen Ifill talks to experts… Continue watching
Feb 12 David Brooks on Snowpocalypse, Democrats’ Waning Momentum By Hari Sreenivasan With snow and traffic preventing his political sparring partner Mark Shields from making it to the NewsHour studios, David Brooks made a special solo appearance on The Rundown after Shields and Brooks had their weekly chat about the top political… Continue reading
Feb 12 Olympic Snowboarding Coach on Training Challenges, Technology By Tom Bearden He bears little resemblance to Sir Walter Scott’s Rob Roy and the cocktail isn’t named after him. This Rob Roy’s day job is building affordable housing projects for senior citizens in Oregon. But that’s not all. He’s also spent the… Continue reading
Feb 12 Aid Groups Hope Showers, Latrines Stave Off Disease in Haiti By Larisa Epatko Preventing the spread of disease in Haiti's quake-damaged cities, where thousands have taken refuge in temporary camps, is a formidable task in a country that already posed sanitation challenges. Continue reading
Feb 11 Timeline: A Modern History of Iran By PBS News Hour Key Events in Iran Since 1921… Continue reading
Feb 11 Crowds Mark Iran’s Anniversary as Ahmadinejad Touts Nuclear Potential By Larisa Epatko Flag-waving crowds rallied in central Tehran on Thursday to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, which also prompted spin-off government protests that security forces worked to disperse. Continue reading
Feb 11 Former President Clinton Hospitalized, Undergoes Heart Procedure Former President Bill Clinton was hospitalized Thursday in New York after complaining about chest pain. A statement released by Douglas Band, a counselor to Clinton, read: "Today President Bill Clinton was admitted to the Columbia Campus of New… Continue reading