Feb 18 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Obama Budget Proposal, Mutation May Protect from Cancer By Talea Miller Obama Proposes Boost to Global Health Funding President Obama released his fiscal year 2012 budget proposal this week, advocating cuts in foreign aid to some countries, but an increased investment overall for the State Department and the administration's Global… Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 'Bravest Woman in Mexico': 21-Year-Old Police Chief Takes Aim at Cartels Bill Neely of Independent Television News continues his series on Mexico's war against violent drug cartels with a profile of a 21-year old, whose first job is serving as one town's chief of police. Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch A Month Into 'Arab Awakening,' Governments Now 'Afraid of the Public' Jeffrey Brown examines the broad themes in the regional upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa with Haleh Esfandiari, director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars, and University Of Maryland professor Shibley… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch In Bahrain, Conflicting Views on Deadly Police Raid From Government, Protesters The capital of Bahrain was under military lockdown Thursday evening after riot police smashed protesters' main camp. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch News Wrap: China Warns U.S. Not to Impose Will Through Internet Freedom Push In other news Thursday, China's foreign minister warned the U.S. not to interfere in its affairs after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a new $25 million campaign promoting Internet freedom. Also, in a new U.S. intelligence estimate, Iran's leaders… Continue watching
Feb 17 Shooting of U.S. Agents in Mexico Renews Drug War Tensions By Larisa Epatko The shooting death of a U.S. special agent and injury of another has put added strain on an already-violent drug standoff in Mexico as authorities in both countries investigate the crime. Continue reading
Feb 17 Global Food Price Spike Adding to Civil Unrest, Some Say A record high price in many food staples is pushing millions into poverty and contributing to unrest in countries like Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said this week. In January, global food prices hit… Continue reading
Feb 17 Costa Rican Art Returning Home By Larisa Epatko About 4,500 pieces of Pre-Columbian artifacts, including ceramic bowls and animal-shaped vessels, taken from Costa Rica are returning soon to their country of origin. Continue reading
Feb 17 Libya Protesters Call for 'Day of Anger,' Boat Sinks in Vietnam, Killing 12 Anti-government protesters in Libya are calling for what organizers call a "day of anger" as dissent grows in the North African nation, part of the latest spate of unrest in the region, including a crackdown in the Persian Gulf… Continue reading
Feb 17 NPR's Andy Carvin on Tracking and Tweeting Revolutions We caught up with NPR's Senior Strategist Andy Carvin between his 400+ tweets a day for a chat about his Twitter stream. It has become a must-follow wire service of sorts for people interested in the latest developments in… Continue reading