May 10 Exclusive: Oil Rig Worker Shares Tale of Survival, Fear, Legal Tangles Oil rig survivor Christopher Choy recently shared his story with the NewsHour and NPR. Continue reading
May 07 Gwen's Take: The Politics of Panic By Gwen Ifill It felt as if everyone was rushing to the ramparts this week. From Times Square to the Gulf Coast to Greece and Wall Street, the world has seemed positively out of breath. Part of the reason, of… Continue reading
May 07 Conservatives Win Most Seats in UK Elections By Larisa Epatko The Conservatives secured more seats than the ruling Labor party in the United Kingdom's closely fought elections, results showed Friday, but not enough to win an outright majority. Continue reading
May 06 Political Maneuvering, Coalition-Building Continue in Iraq By Larisa Epatko Since March 7 elections handed the ruling government a narrow defeat, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has announced a new Shiite coalition that gives it more seats than the secular coalition led by former premier Iyad Allawi but still four seats… Continue reading
May 06 Thursday: Evidence Points to Taliban Role; Containment Box Arrives in Gulf Evidence being gathered by investigators increasingly suggests that Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the Times Square bomb plot, held ties to the Pakistani Taliban, according to reports out Thursday. Investigators have also discovered that in the days before Saturday's… Continue reading
May 05 With One Day to Go, Election Still Up in the Air in Britain By Larisa Epatko Britain's major party leaders spent the final hours leading up to Thursday's general elections campaigning for the support of an estimated 4 million undecided voters. Continue reading
May 05 Wednesday: Officials Probe Shahzad's Ties Overseas; Bear Stearns Execs on Hill A Pakistani policeman guards the locked residence of Faisal Shahzad in Peshawar on Wednesday. Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images. One day after the arrest of Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old U.S. citizen charged with trying to detonate a car… Continue reading
May 04 Politico Reporter: White House Taking 'Law Enforcement Approach' on Terror By Hari Sreenivasan _pap_embed_custom('news01s3f1fqe9c',482,304,""); Politico White House reporter Josh Gerstein stopped by the Rundown Tuesday to talk about his coverage of the late Monday arrest of Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the attempted bombing in Times Square. Shahzad was… Continue reading
May 04 Thai Protesters Consider Offer of Early Elections, But Wary of Leaving Camp By Larisa Epatko Thailand's Red Shirt protesters on Tuesday cautiously welcomed the government's proposal to hold early elections on Nov. 14 in exchange for the protesters leaving their encampment in downtown Bangkok, which has disrupted business and civilian life for two months. Continue reading
May 04 Tuesday: Times Square Bomb Suspect Arrested; Oil Spill Cleanup Continues A New York City police officer stands watch Monday night in Times Square. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Federal agents have arrested a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan in connection to the failed attempt last weekend to detonate… Continue reading