Apr 08 Watch News Wrap: Search Stalls for Missing W.Va. Miners In other news Thursday, explosive gasses again forced emergency crews to abandon rescue efforts in a West Virginia coal mine where 25 men died on Monday. Also, military officials said two U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq. Continue watching
Apr 07 Anti-government Protests in Kyrgyzstan Turn Violent By Larisa Epatko Thousands of protesters stormed government buildings and clashed with police in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek on Wednesday, with more than a dozen people reported dead. Continue reading
Apr 07 At West Virginia Mine, Drilling Effort Aims to Speed Rescuers' Reentry Crews have opted to drill a third borehole deep into a West Virginia coal mine in hopes of drawing out enough poisonous, explosive gas to allow rescue teams to reenter the area and hopefully find four miners alive, officials… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch West Virginia Families Clinging to 'Sliver of Hope' Crews continued to drill holes to vent explosive gasses out of a mine in West Virginia where four miners are still missing. Jim Lehrer gets an update from NPR reporter Frank Langfitt on the scene about the search efforts and… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch Health Workers Push to Eradicate Guinea Worm Parasite in Sudan Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Sudan about a painful and debilitating parasite called the guinea worm and efforts by health workers and the Carter Center to eradicate it. Continue watching
Apr 06 USGS: 7.8 Quake Hits Sumatra, Tsunami Watch Lifted View Larger Map A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck early Wednesday morning local time near Sumatra, Indonesia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake triggered a tsunami warning in the region, but the Indonesian government lifted… Continue reading
Apr 06 As Hopes Dim in W.Va., Examining a Century of Mining Deaths The chances of survival appeared grim on Tuesday afternoon for four coal miners still missing after a massive underground mine explosion Monday in West Virginia, according to rescue officials and the mine owners. Rescue efforts at Massey Energy's Upper… Continue reading
Apr 06 U.S. Nuclear Policy Limits Use and Threat of Weapons By Larisa Epatko The Obama administration released Tuesday a new set of guidelines for nuclear weapons, including not threatening their use against signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in an effort to encourage other countries' adherence to the treaty. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch Mining Safety Reexamined After Another Deadly Disaster in W.Va. Following the deadly mine explosion in southern West Virginia, Jim Lehrer talks to two reporters about the ongoing recovery efforts, the dangers of mining coal and the state of safety standards in the industry. Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch Hope Dims for Missing West Virginia Miners After Large Blast The search for four missing miners was halted because of dangerous conditions underground Tuesday, following a massive explosion that claimed 25 lives in West Virginia. Gwen Ifill reports on the rescue effort in the deadliest U.S. mining disaster in 26… Continue watching