Aug 16 Watch France Agrees to Lead U.N. Peace Force in Lebanon France agreed Wednesday to lead a U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, while the Lebanese cabinet voted to start moving 15,000 troops to the region. U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown discusses the U.N. effort. Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Arrests Cast New Light on British Anti-terror Policies London police announced Tuesday the arrest of a 25th suspect in the plot to bomb flights from the UK to the United States. Terrorism and law experts discuss the differences between U.S. and British anti-terror laws. Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch Fighting Prompts Thousands More to Enter Darfur Camps Refugees International visited several camps in Darfur, Sudan, where fighting between the government and rebel groups has forced at least 25,000 more people to flee their homes and enter the camps. Ken Bacon, President of Refugees International, talks about the… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch Government Adjusts Airline Passenger Screening Rules The Transportation Security Administration eased restrictions on airline passengers Sunday, while the Department of Homeland Security moved the terror threat level down a notch on flights from Britain. TSA chief Kip Hawley discusses the new security measures. Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch Suspected London Terrorists Linked to Pakistan British authorities said suspects in the alleged plot to blow up flights to the United States were men between 17 and 35, and most seemed to be Muslim Britons of Pakistani descent. Experts discuss the link to Pakistan. Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch Diplomats Work to End Mideast Fighting The U.N. Security Council moved to authorize the deployment of 15,000 troops to enforce a proposed truce between Israel and Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. Experts discuss efforts to end the violence. Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch Experts Analyze UK Airline Terror Plot and Terrorism at Large A terrorist plot to blow up airliners using liquid explosives was disrupted Thursday in London. Experts Magnus Ranstorp and Daniel Benjamin discuss the terror plot, the plotters and their choice of weapons. Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch Homeland Security Chief Calls Plot ‘Comparable to 9/11’ Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff outlines what authorities have learned about the plot to blow up airplanes traveling from Britain to the United States, an attack Chertoff said would have been "comparable to 9/11."… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch Airline Terror Plot Foiled in UK Soon Before Planned Bombings British authorities announced Thursday that they disrupted a conspiracy to bomb multiple flights to the United States. The attackers planned to use liquid explosives and focus their attacks on flights to New York, Washington D.C., and California. Officials said the… Continue watching
Aug 10 Suicide Bomber Attacks Shiite Shrine in Iraq By PBS News Hour A suicide attacker detonated his explosives outside a Shiite shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, killing at least 35 people and injuring at least 122, the Iraqi army said. Continue reading