Jan 12 Loughner Family Releases Statement, Haiti Marks 1-Year Anniversary of Quake An autographed portrait of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is displayed at a makeshift memorial outside the hospital in Tucson, Ariz., where she is in critical condition. Photo by Shaun Tandon/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama is traveling to Tucscon for a memorial… Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch Australia Floods Spur Calls to Evacuate Tim Ewart of Independent News reports from Australia, where thousands have been told to flee powerful flooding. Continue watching
Jan 11 In Haiti, Art Remains a Solid Cornerstone This week, Haitian-American poet and scholar Patrick Sylvain will be writing for Art Beat about his home country and its art, its history and future, and how its artists are surviving in the earthquake's aftermath. Continue reading
Jan 11 Reporter's Notebook: Memories from Haiti, One Year After the Quake By Ray Suarez Ray Suarez in Haiti, July 2010 This past summer, I stood at the edge of a fetid pool of standing water. Marooned in the middle of the deepening pool were two forlorn soccer goals, indicating a place that wasn't always… Continue reading
Jan 11 Haitian Police Struggle to Combat Gang Violence When last year's earthquake struck Haiti, more than 4,000 inmates escaped from prison. They easily slipped into the streets of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, hiding in the city's slums and tent cities. A crippled police force found themselves once again… Continue reading
Jan 11 Loughner Described as Troubled Loner, Biden Meets with Karzai in Afghanistan Jared Lee Loughner, accused of killing six people and wounding 14 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., appeared in court Monday to hear the five charges against him, which include murder and attempted assassination and could bring him the… Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch High Hopes in Southern Sudan Over Referendum As residents of southern Sudan vote on a referendum to secede from the north or stay one country, dozens have been killed in new violence. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro checks in with Ray Suarez from the southern capital… Continue watching
Jan 10 Haiti Reconstruction Aid Falls Short, New Figures Show By Talea Miller New figures on reconstruction aid to Haiti reveal that while billions have been pledged, international donors were slow to deliver funds in 2010. Some key figures: International donors pledged $2.01 billion for Haiti reconstruction and recovery efforts in 2010, but… Continue reading
Jan 10 Sudanese Stream to Polls in Southern Secession Vote Congregants at St. Martin de Porres Church in Bentiu, South Sudan display their voter ID cards on their way to the polling center. (Photo by Fred de Sam Lazaro) BENTIU, Sudan | It is a rare day in southern… Continue reading
Jan 10 Observation Post Shows South Koreans' Love/Hate Fascination with the North By Margaret Warner Map of Odusan Unification Observatory courtesy of ROK Drop TONG-IL JEONMANGDAE, South Korea | "Look, there it is. That's North Korea," says Lee Hoon, standing with me and provincial Gov. Kim Moon-Soo on the observation platform of a huge stone… Continue reading