Oct 22 Abducted Aid Worker Pleads for Her Life The kidnapped director of CARE International in Iraq made an emotional appeal for her life in a video that appeared on Al-Jazeera television Friday, pleading for the British government to help save her. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch A Discussion of the Kidnapping of Margaret Hassan, CARE’s Iraq Director Ray Suarez discusses the kidnapping of Margaret Hassan, CARE International's Iraq director, with Rajiv Chandrasekaran, a Washington Post correspondent who just ended his tour as the paper's Baghdad bureau chief. Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Afghan Election Continues Despite Allegations Results continue to come in from Afghanistan's first free presidential election on Saturday. Two experts discuss the election's significance. Continue watching
Oct 08 Nobel Peace Prize Goes to African Environmentalist The culmination of a week-long flurry of Nobel prize awards was Friday's announcement of Professor Wangari Maathai, an environmental activist from Kenya, as the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Continue reading
Oct 08 Officials Investigate Bombings At Egyptian Resorts Officials are investigating three successive bombings that killed at least 27 people at the Israeli-packed seaside resorts in Taba, Egypt Thursday. Continue reading
Oct 07 Explosions Rock Egypt-Israeli Border Three explosions described by witnesses as car bombs shook popular resorts on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Thursday night, killing at least 30 people and wounding more than 100. Continue reading
Oct 07 Car Bomb in Pakistan Kills Dozens A car bomb tore through a religious gathering in the central Pakistan city of Multan on Thursday killing at least 40 and injuring more than 100. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch Report Finds No WMD in Iraq The chief U.S. weapons inspector for Iraq, Charles Duelfer, reported Wednesday that Iraq had begun destroying its weapons of mass destruction in 1991 and had none by 1996, contrary to what the White House asserted before the Iraq war. After… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch Report Shows No WMD In Iraq The chief U.S. weapons inspector for Iraq, Charles Duelfer, reported Wednesday that Iraq had begun destroying its weapons of mass destruction in 1991 and had none by 1996. The presidential candidates both used the report to rally their campaign. Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Haitians Struggle to Recover After Jeanne In Haiti, where at least 1,500 people have died from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Jeanne, relief workers face looting and other security concerns while delivering aid to the impoverished island nation. Continue watching