Apr 14 Quake Kills Hundreds in China; Bernanke to Testify on Economy A series of powerful earthquakes slammed western China early Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 10,000 in remote Qinghai Province. The largest quake to hit the mainly Tibetan region, which is mostly populated by farmers… Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch Investigators Probe Mine Disaster in West Virginia More than a week after an explosion killed 29 coal miners in West Virginia, officials continue to investigate the cause of the disaster and the emergency response. Gwen Ifill talks to reporter Ed O'Keefe of the Washington Post for the… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Investors Help Bring Sanitation to Kenya's Poor Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Kenya, where private capital is being used to help install toilets and sanitation facilities in the country's poorest areas. Continue watching
Apr 13 Leaders Sign Nuclear Security Pact By Larisa Epatko Leaders of 47 countries attending the nuclear security summit in Washington, D.C., agreed Tuesday that responsibility for keeping nuclear materials from getting into the hands of terrorist groups lies with all nations. Continue reading
Apr 13 Tuesday: Day Two of Nuclear Summit; Ousted Kyrgyz President to Resign President Obama meets with President Hu Jintao of China on Monday at the Nuclear Security Summit. (Photo by Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images.) President Barack Obama is set to open the first plenary session of the Nuclear Security Summit on Tuesday… Continue reading
Apr 12 Egypt's Foreign Minister Discusses a Nuclear-Free Middle East By Jeffrey Brown The two-day nuclear security summit that President Obama is hosting in Washington this week is grand in terms of the number of countries attending, but tightly focused in its stated agenda: Finding ways to secure the materials -- highly… Continue reading
Apr 12 The Nuclear Security Summit: A Viewer's Guide President Obama has invited leaders from nearly 50 nations to Washington this week for a global summit on how to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists. The two-day summit, which officially kicks off Monday, caps what's been… Continue reading
Apr 12 Monday: World Leaders Gather for Talks on Nuclear Threat President Barack Obama is set to meet with world leaders at the two-day nuclear security summit. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images.) World leaders from 47 nations begin meeting in Washington, D.C., on Monday for a two-day summit focused on… Continue reading
Apr 10 West Virginia Mine Saga Ends; Missing Miners Found Dead More than 100 hours after an explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine Monday afternoon, the final four missing West Virginia miners were found dead, officials announced early Saturday, extinguishing hopes of a miracle that they might have taken shelter. Continue reading
Apr 09 In southern Sudan, vote to secede looms By Larisa Epatko ABYEI, Sudan | Residents of southern Sudan, an area that is already semi-autonomous, will vote in January on whether to separate from the north. But many issues -- from how to distribute oil wealth to even where the border would… Continue reading