Aug 31 Troop Drawdown: 5 Voices From Iraq on the Security Switch By Larisa Epatko BAGHDAD | On Wednesday, the U.S. military turns a corner in Iraq from a combat to an advisory mission. But do Iraqis feel safer, more than seven years after the U.S.-led war began?… Continue reading
Aug 31 Hurricane Earl: Waiting and Watching Hurricane Earl Three Day Forecast (Image Credit: NOAA) Hurricane Earl continued to churn through the Atlantic Tuesday, heading toward the U.S. East Coast after dropping heavy rain and stirring up strong winds on the Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Antigua, and… Continue reading
Aug 31 5 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan; Hurricane Earl Now Category 4 Storm Five U.S. troops were killed by roadside bombs and insurgent fire in southern and eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday. Outside Kabul, a gunman opened fire on a bus transporting Afghan Supreme Court clerks, killing three and wounding 12. Since Friday, 21… Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch Uncertainty, Security Concerns Grow Among Iraqis Amid U.S. Drawdown Margaret Warner continues her series of reports from Iraq with a look at how Iraqi citizens feel about their safety, security and future amid the U.S. troop drawdown. Continue watching
Aug 30 In Louisiana, Wetlands Erosion is a Slow-Moving Crisis By Betty Ann Bowser A worker lays boom beside a fragile Louisiana wetland area early in the Gulf oil disaster on April 29. Photo by Erica Berenstein/AFP/Getty Images City fathers love to talk about the numbers: 78 percent of the population of New Orleans… Continue reading
Aug 30 This Old Tank: U.S. Troops Rehabilitate Soviet Clunker in Iraq By Margaret Warner MOSUL, Iraq | When the Americans arrived, they found Iraq chock-a-block with Soviet-era armaments -- tanks, guns, mortar rounds and ammunition -- left over from the days when Saddam Hussein was one of Moscow's best arms customers. Continue reading
Aug 30 7 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan; Floodwaters Receding in Pakistan Updated 12:29 EDT | Seven American service members were killed Monday in two separate roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, NATO said. Witnesses in the southern city of Kandahar said an armored U.S. Army Humvee hit a roadside… Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch In Iraq, Uncertainty Marks Transition as U.S. Forces Halt Combat Role As the U.S. prepares to officially end combat operations in Iraq on Tuesday, Margaret Warner begins a series of reports on the ongoing efforts to train Iraqi police to take over the day-to-day security operations and how that's affecting lives… Continue watching
Aug 27 Katrina Five Years Later: New Orleans Is a State of Mind By Spencer Michels It's very hard for me to separate my own experiences in the aftermath of Katrina from the flood of other impressions I've wallowed in since 2005. I've watched HBO's "Treme" and Spike Lee's "If God is Willing and… Continue reading
Aug 27 Slide Show: Long Road Ahead for Pakistan Flood Victims By Talea Miller, Jeffrey Kaye Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye has been reporting from Pakistan all week. He talks about his impressions from the ground and what's ahead for Pakistan's many flood victims. Continue reading