Sep 14 Blair: Success Possible in Mideast Talks; Military Must Remain Option With Iran By News Desk With direct talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas set to continue, Margaret Warner spoke with former U.K. Prime Minister and current Middle East envoy Tony Blair Tuesday about the meetings' prospects for… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch Blair: Prospects for Mideast Peace Talks Hinge on Current Leaders Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair talks to Margaret Warner about the resumption of Mideast peace talks in Egypt Tuesday, saying that if current leaders cannot succeed, an agreement may not be possible. Continue watching
Sep 14 Update: Haitian Amputee Gets New Leg, New Reason to Dance By Talea Miller When the NewsHour team first met George Exantus in Port-au-Prince we were immediately captivated by his story: a prize-winning competitive dancer, Exantus lost his right leg below the knee after he was pinned under rubble for two days in… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch In Middle East, Peace Sought on Smaller Scale Through Business Ties A New York-based entrepreneur has found a way to work with Palestinians and Israelis for both peace and profit. Special correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro reports. Continue watching
Sep 13 In Turkey, Constitutional Changes Do Little to Mend Divisions By Larisa Epatko It's a classic dilemma in Turkish politics: voters approved a referendum that the Islamist-rooted government said would make the country's government more modern and democratic, but that opponents said would give the ruling party autocratic powers. And Turkish columnists have… Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch Chilean Miners Struggle With Hazards, Loose Regulation Tom Bearden reports on the hazardous conditions in Chile's mining industry and how the ongoing saga of 33 trapped miners is drawing more calls for tighter regulations underground. Continue watching
Sep 13 Monday: Abdulmutallab Due in Court; U.N. Nuclear Head Criticizes Iran Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines international flight on Christmas Day is returning to court Monday, following reports that his lawyers have talked to prosecutors several times about a… Continue reading
Sep 10 Trapped Miners' Families Stay Vigilant in Chile By Tom Bearden COPIAPO, Chile | The makeshift tent city at the entrance to the San Jose gold and copper mine houses relatives of the 33 miners trapped by a cave-in nearly half a mile underground. For more than a month, they have… Continue reading
Sep 10 9 Years of 'Unbuilding' the World Trade Center in New York By Travis Daub Sept. 11, 2010, marks nine years since terror attacks struck the Pentagon, Shanksville, Pa., and the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. This collection of aerial and satellite photos, taken from 1954 to 2009, reveal both… Continue reading
Sep 10 Obama: Economy Growing Again, but Progress 'Painfully Slow' By News Desk President Obama said Friday at a nationally televised news conference that economic progress has been "painfully slow," but investments in business, education and technology will help make America more competitive in the global economy. "While the economy is growing again...the… Continue reading