Feb 08 Egypt 2011 Harkens Back to France 1968 May 14, 1968: Armed police face a crowd of student demonstrators during the student riots at Paris. (Reg Lancaster/Express/Getty Images) As analysts and pundits search for historical precedents to sort through the events in Cairo -- Iran in 1979… Continue reading
Feb 08 Government Says Toyota Electronic System Not Faulty, Chechen Leader Takes Credit for Airport Bombing Updated 2 p.m. ET The government's report says there were no electronic problems that would have caused sudden acceleration in Toyotas, and that any mechanical defects were resolved by recalls. Toyota recalled more than 12 million vehicles after the… Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch News Wrap: Unrest Spreads to Iraq as Protesters Call for Jobs, Electricity In other news Monday, Iraqis protested a lack of electricity and jobs and an end to corruption in demonstrations this weekend. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rejected the use of violence against protesters. In southern Sudan, more than 98 percent of… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch In Egypt's Political Transformation, Who Speaks for Whom? Jeffrey Brown discusses negotiations between opposition leaders and the government of President Hosni Mubarak with Michael Singh of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and columnist Mona Eltahawy. Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Egypt's Government Makes New Concessions But Protests Persist Egypt's Government Makes New Concessions as Protests Linger… Continue watching
Feb 07 What Is the Role of the Military in Egypt's Transition? By Larisa Epatko The Egyptian military was the subject of international attention during the massive protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square. And now as the country looks to transition to a new government, people are closely watching how its role might change. Continue reading
Feb 07 Trial Begins for Hikers Detained in Iran, WikiLeaks Founder Assange in Court Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal in May 2010. Photo by Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. The trial of three American hikers held in Iran since the summer of 2009 began on Sunday with two of them present in… Continue reading
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