Apr 11 Watch One Month After Tsunami, What Are Japan's Biggest Needs? One Month After Dual Disasters, What Are Japan's Biggest Needs?… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch News Wrap: Romney Officially Seeks 2012 GOP Bid; Gbagbo Captured In other news Monday, Mitt Romney announced via YouTube that he's formally exploring another presidential run. In Ivory Coast, former President Laurent Gbagbo was captured in a bunker. His challenger won the November presidential election, but Gbagbo refused to cede… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch In Egypt, Revolution Still 'in Progress' as Protesters Return to Tahrir Egypt's prime minister apologized and promised an investigation after troops stormed protesters in Tahrir Square, killing two and hurting dozens. Margaret Warner examines the latest unrest with Nabil Fahmy, former Egyptian ambassador to the U.S., and former National Security Council… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch Are California's Schools Ready for the Next Big Earthquake? Hundreds of California's schools do not meet the construction codes for earthquake safety. Continue watching
Apr 11 'On Shaky Ground' Shows Oversight Faults in California School Buildings A new report by California Watch found that hundreds of California's public schools do not meet the legal construction codes for earthquake safety. In the On Shaky Ground multimedia series, investigative reporter Corey Johnson and the California… Continue reading
Apr 11 In Peru, Voters Express Discontent by Backing Extreme Candidates, Analysts Say By Larisa Epatko No matter what happens in Peru's presidential runoff in June, change is coming. Judging from partial results from Sunday's first round of voting, the top two candidates represent a departure from current leaders and policies that some say helped maintain… Continue reading
Apr 11 Could 'Financial Weather Observers' Prevent Another Economic Crisis? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Michael Cassady Question: As I read deeper into the details about… Continue reading
Apr 11 World Week Ahead: Brokering a Deal in Libya; One Month Since Japan's Quake By Larisa Epatko An African Union delegation is working to broker a deal this week between Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and rebels seeking his ouster. And Japan hits the one month mark since the devastating earthquake and tsunami as answers on nuclear safety… Continue reading
Apr 11 Could 'Financial Weather Observers' Prevent Another Economic Crisis? By Elizabeth Shell Name: Michael Cassady Question: As I read deeper into the details about the financial crisis, it seems the root condition that capital is 'capitalizing upon,' excuse the pun, is the transitional inefficiencies affecting the integration of formerly hegemonic national economies… Continue reading
Apr 11 Strong Aftershock Jolts Japan on One Month Anniversary of Tsunami, Earthquake Disaster By Tom LeGro One month after the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, 2-year-old Ayaka and family members pray for her missing grandmother and great-grandmother at a vacant lot where they lived in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture. Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images. As Japan somberly… Continue reading