Mar 18 Nuclear Alert Level Raised, Official Says Response Should Have Been Quicker 5:55 p.m. ET | Photo Essay: Destruction in Japan 3:50 p.m. ET | Tokyo Electric Power Company, known as Tepco, announced its powerline had reached the plant and could supply electricity, raising hopes that it could restore… Continue reading
Mar 18 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Nuclear Health Concerns, Transplant Patient Given HIV By Talea Miller Checking radiation levels in Koriyama city in Fukushima prefecture. Photo by Ken Shimizu/AFP/Getty Images Nuclear Health Fears in Japan Japan raised the nuclear alert level at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant to five out of a seven level international scale… Continue reading
Mar 18 Mixed Signals: When to Send Them, How to Read Them I was sitting behind the wheel on Pennsylvania Avenue Thursday afternoon in the kind of traffic clog that those of us who live in Washington, D.C., have become accustomed to. The clamor of sirens signaled that President Obama's motorcade… Continue reading
Mar 18 Rating Nuclear Accidents and Incidents: Which Were the Worst? By Talea Miller With three reactors having at least partial meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan, the country raised the alert level from four to five on a seven-point international scale for atomic incidents Friday. The International Atomic Energy Agency… Continue reading
Mar 18 Reporter's Notebook: Syria's 'Red Lines' By Fred de Sam Lazaro Poster of President Bashar al Assad in Syrian street. Photo by Nicole See Syria's government is not usually hospitable to Western journalists, and officials in Damascus' Ministry of Information seemed as surprised as my teammates, Nikki See, Tom Adair and… Continue reading
Mar 18 Police Open Fire in Yemen; Dozens Reported Dead By News Desk 4:30 p.m. ET | The Associated Press reported the death toll now stands at 46, including children. Medical staff estimated the number of injured in the hundreds. < img src="http://www-tc.pbs.org/prod-media/newshour/photos/2011/03/18/0318_yemen_blog_main_horizontal.jpg" title="Yemen March 18" alt="" class="blog_main_horizontal" /> Yemeni anti-government protesters… Continue reading
Mar 18 Dalai Lama's Offer to Shed Political Role Meets Resistance By Mila Sanina Dalai Lama speaks to reporters in Dharamsala, India. (Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images) The Dalai Lama's offer to relinquish his political leadership of the exiled Tibetan people has run into opposition not only from China, where his every utterance is viewed with suspicion,… Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch Ireland's New Leader Wrestles With Lingering Debt Problems, EU Bailout Margaret Warner reports on Ireland's debt woes and talks with new Prime Minister Enda Kenny about his country's struggle to revive a once-thriving economy. Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch U.N. Security Council Passes Sweeping Measure to Rein in Gadhafi After Hesitation, U.N. Approves Sweeping Measure to Rein in Gadhafi… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Gahafi's Troops Advance on Rebel-Held Cities as U.N. OKs No-Fly Zone Gahafi's Troops Advance on Rebel-Held Cities as U.N. OKs No-Fly Zone… Continue watching