Jun 07 World Cup 2010: Places to Track the Action Online By Larisa Epatko The 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament officially kicks off Friday when Mexico plays host country South Africa. We've compiled some of our favorite World Cup-related blogs, Web sites and resources. Continue reading
Jun 07 Seven Convicted in Deadly 1984 Bhopal Gas Leak in India By Larisa Epatko A court in India has convicted seven former executives of a Union Carbide subsidiary of "causing death by negligence" for a gas leak at a company plant that killed an estimated 15,000 people in the 1980s. Continue reading
Jun 07 Monday: Obama to Receive Briefing on Spill Progess; Tornadoes Kill 7 in Ohio A bird rescue team captures an oiled pelican for cleaning Sunday on Cat Island in Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Despite increased estimates over the weekend for the amount of oil BP… Continue reading
Jun 07 Watch Risk of Homegrown Terrorism Plots Examined Two New Jersey men are the latest American citizens arrested for alleged involvement with international terrorism groups. Jeffrey Brown examines the ongoing concern over homegrown terror risks with two terrorism experts. Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch Two N.J. Men Arrested in Connection With Somalia Jihad Plot Two New Jersey men were arrested over the weekend at John F. Kennedy Airport over possible connections to a terrorist group operating in Somalia. Jeffrey Brown reports on the arrest and the ongoing terror probes in New York. Continue watching
Jun 04 Afghan Conference Backs Plan for Peace Talks With Taliban By Larisa Epatko More than 1,500 tribal elders, business and religious leaders and other members of Afghan society — assembled in the capital for a three-day peace “jirga” or conference — on Friday endorsed President Hamid Karzai’s plan calling for negotiating with the… Continue reading
Jun 04 Former State Department Adviser on Why Mideast Peace Is Stuck By Margaret Warner Over 20 years, through Republican and Democratic administrations, Aaron David Miller witnessed the fits and starts of the Mideast peace process while serving as an adviser to six secretaries of states. Miller, who is now a Woodrow Wilson Center… Continue reading
Jun 04 Israeli Raid Reignites Debate on Gaza By Robert Zeliger Monday's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla has highlighted Israel's policy of blockading the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Several regional analysts weigh in on the policy and other options. Continue reading
Jun 03 Mars500 Project Will Test Prospects for Human Travel to the Red Planet By Lauren Knapp On Thursday morning, six astronauts will be locked in a 550 cubic-meter windowless complex in Moscow. The mission: to simulate the experience of a real trip to Mars and back. The "voyage" will take 520 days, roughly 12 months longer… Continue reading
Jun 02 Japan Seeks Political Stability After Another Prime Minister Resigns By Larisa Epatko Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama quit Wednesday after eight months in office, amid a campaign-funding scandal and backlash from his decision not to relocate a U.S. Marine air base off Okinawa island. Continue reading