Feb 07 From the Field: Violence Against Women in Guatemala By Talea Miller At the age of 15, Maria-Isabel Veliz was kidnapped, raped and murdered. She was working at a boutique in Guatemala City when she was abducted and forced into a van with duct tape over her mouth. She was never seen… Continue reading
Feb 05 Would-Be Egypt Crisis Broker Finds It Heavy Going By Margaret Warner Ahmed Zewail and Margaret Warner CAIRO, Egypt | We're sitting in the lobby lounge of an upscale Cairo hotel, littered with road-weary journalists and private security personnel. Holding court in one corner is the 1999 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry,… Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch U.S., Arab Leaders Walk Fine Line as Egypt's Power Center Remains Uncertain As demonstrators continue calls for President Hosni Mubarak's immediate resignation, the U.S. faces diplomatic challenges in its relationship with Egypt. Judy Woodruff speaks with Michele Dunne of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Marc Lynch of George Washington University and… Continue watching
Feb 04 Mubarak in 1993: Egypt 'Keen' on Democracy, but It Takes Time By Larisa Epatko As protests continue in Cairo calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, we turned to the NewsHour video vault for some additional perspective on the Egyptian leader's background. Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch Egypt Activist: As Mubarak Clings to Power, People Become More Disappointed Tens of thousands of protesters convened in Cairo for what was called a "day of departure" for President Hosni Mubarak, but he continues to reject calls to leave office immediately. Writer and blogger Wael Nawara, a key opposition figure, tells… Continue watching
Feb 04 Egypt Coverage Divide Seen Among Patchwork Nation Community Types By Dante Chinni The scenes playing out in Egypt and across the Arab world are not just dramatic, they are remaking the region and U.S. policy for years to come. Regimes have been pushed out leaving an unsettled landscape in one of the… Continue reading
Feb 04 Unemployment Dips in January, Australia Cleans Up from Cyclone The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percent from December, settling at 9 percent in January. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 36,000 new jobs were added, the gains were the smallest in four months. Industries affected by… Continue reading
Feb 04 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Aid to Egypt, Obesity and Cancer By Talea Miller Backers of Egyptian President Mubarak on the streets of Cairo. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images U.S. Aid to Egypt in Question Massive demonstrations against Egypt's President Mubarak and a deteriorating security situation in the streets of Cairo have thrown the future of… Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch News Wrap: Winter Weather Disrupts Super Bowl Travel in Dallas In other news Friday, winter weather continued its assault around the U.S. as bitter cold gripped New Mexico for a fourth straight day. In Dallas, five inches of snow canceled flights ahead of Super Bowl weekend. At Cowboys Stadium, the… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch In Lebanon, Assassination Inquiry Proves Divisive, Could Rekindle Unrest Special correspondent Kira Kay reports from Beirut about how an international tribunal's investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 other people might help end the nation's political violence or shatter the fragile stability after decades… Continue watching