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
May 04 Watch News Wrap: Death Toll Rises from Floods in Southeastern U.S. In other news Tuesday, record flooding over the weekend is now blamed for 29 deaths in the Southeastern U.S. Also, authorities prepared to close air space over Scotland and Northern Ireland again because of the Icelandic volcano. Continue watching
May 03 Iran Calls for World Without Nuclear Arms; U.S. Touts 'Practical Solutions' By Larisa Epatko Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking Monday at a U.N. conference on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, called for a world free of nuclear weapons. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who spoke several hours later, urged nations to focus on practical… Continue reading
May 03 International Treaties By PBS News Hour The nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States was in full gear when the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis brought the two powers to the brink of global thermonuclear war. Continue reading
May 03 Monday: Workers Try to Contain Spill; NYPD Releases Video of Bomb Suspect Eddie Soto, working with Resolve Marine Group, carries oil containment booms Sunday to the edge of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans. Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images. President Barack Obama on Sunday called the growing oil spill in the Gulf… Continue reading
May 03 Q&A: Addressing Mental Health and Trauma in Haiti By Talea Miller Nearly four months after the earthquake in Haiti that killed an estimated 230,000 people and left 1.3 million homeless, mental health workers are trying to help the survivors cope with their feelings of distress, loss and fear. Continue reading
May 03 Watch News Wrap: 22 Dead, Thousands Displaced by Flooding in Southeast U.S. In other news Monday, the death toll reached 22 after severe flooding from weekend storms in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky. Also, a boil-water advisory continues for nearly 2 million people around Boston after a water main break. Continue watching
Apr 30 Belgium Moves to Ban Burqas in Public By Larisa Epatko Belgium is heading toward becoming the first European country to ban women from wearing burqas in public after its Parliament voted Thursday to ban the Muslim full-face veil. Continue reading
Apr 30 A Return to Vietnam and Reflections on a Divisive War By Larisa Epatko This week marks 35 years since the end of the conflict in Vietnam. Throughout the week, we've talked to authors, a photographer who covered the war, and Vietnamese-Americans who recently returned to their country of birth. Continue reading