Jan 01 Foreign Affairs: Stories We’re Watching in 2010 By Larisa Epatko The United States is heading into a deeper war in Afghanistan/Pakistan and toward a confrontation with Iran, two stories that will likely top the international news agenda for the NewsHour in 2010. Continue reading
Jan 01 Eye Hospital in India Restores Sight With Free Surgeries By Carolyn O'Hara Friday on the NewsHour, a second look at a Fred de Sam Lazaro report from India on the Aravind system of eye hospitals and clinics, the largest such system in the world. These clinics subsidize sight-restoring surgery for impoverished patients… Continue reading
Jan 01 Suicide Bomber in Pakistan Kills Dozens During Volleyball Match By Larisa Epatko A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car onto a volleyball field in northwest Pakistan on Friday, triggering a blast that killed at least 75 people and wounded dozens more, media outlets reported. Continue reading
Dec 31 Five Americans Face Possible Life Sentences on Charges in Pakistan By Larisa Epatko Five American men arrested in Sargodha, Pakistan, in early December face terrorism charges and possible life imprisonment for allegedly trying to train with a militant group linked to al-Qaida, Pakistani police said Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 31 Remembering the Decade: How 9/11 Changed Everything As 2009 winds down, NewsHour foreign affairs editor Michael Mosettig looks back at a defining moment of the decade. Friday, Sept. 7, 2001 | The NewsHour gained and broadcast an exclusive television interview with Mexico's President Vicente Fox, who… Continue reading
Dec 31 Elizabeth Farnsworth: For Some World Crises, a Chance to Turn the Corner NewsHour special correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth sent the Rundown this reflection on some of the international stories she has covered and where they stand today. This month brought news I wouldn't have believed possible in 1984, when I first reported… Continue reading
Dec 31 CIA Post Chief Among Casualties in Afghanistan Blast By Larisa Epatko CIA Director Leon Panetta said Thursday that seven employees were killed and six others wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a vest of explosives at Forward Operating Base Chapman in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Continue reading
Dec 31 Cleric Investigated for Ties to Plane Bombing Plot A U.S.-born cleric, now based in Yemen, is being investigated by U.S. counterterrorism officials for possible links to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian accused of trying to bring down an airliner on Christmas Day. Anwar al-Awlaki, who has… Continue reading
Dec 31 Year of Reporting Trips Revolves Around Afghanistan By Margaret Warner In a year that took me from the NewsHour studio to trouble spots abroad, the most searing impressions come from two trips to Afghanistan. The first trip was for three-plus weeks in February and March, to take stock of the… Continue reading
Dec 31 Obama Picks Adviser to Review Watch List System He Helped Create The White House has issued a waiver for John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, to bypass its own ethics rules and participate in the review of the nation's terrorism watch list system, which he… Continue reading