Oct 20 Stocks Rise on Signs of Credit Thaw, News of Global Summit By PBS News Hour U.S. stocks rose Monday following word from President Bush, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso over the weekend that they plan to hold a series of summits on the global financial crisis. Continue reading
Oct 17 President Bush Stands by Government Action; Housing Starts Fall in September By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush sought to reassure Americans that moves taken by the federal government would be bold enough to ease the financial crisis even as new reports showed further declines in the housing market. Continue reading
Oct 17 Turkey Gains Non-permanent Seat on U.N. Security Council By PBS News Hour Turkey was elected, along with four other countries, as a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council on Friday for the first time since 1961. Continue reading
Oct 17 Economic Crisis Bruises Iceland's National Pride By Jonas Moody The impact of the global economic crisis has been particularly evident in Iceland with the nation itself left on the verge of bankruptcy. To minimize losses of investments in Icelandic banks, the British government took action to freeze assets of… Continue reading
Oct 15 European Leaders Call for Summit to Overal Global Financial System By Admin, PBS News Hour As the world's industrialized nations continued to roll out more plans to bolster flagging economies, European leaders called for a review of the global financial system. Continue reading
Oct 13 N. Korea to Resume Dismantling Nuclear Plant By PBS News Hour A day after the Bush administration took North Korea off its list of nations that sponsor terrorism, the Asian nation announced it would resume dismantling its main nuclear complex. Continue reading
Oct 08 Worlds Merge in Turkey, Raising Identity Issues By Larisa Epatko While Turkey's strategic geographic location elevates it regionally and internationally, its position at the intersection point of so many worlds generates questions among some of its 70 million citizens about who they are. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch School in India Teaches Women to Improve Lives, Towns The Barefoot College in northern India teaches women skills to bring solar power to their villages and to manage the energy system in rural areas. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the philosophy behind the school and its unusual approach… Continue watching
Oct 01 As Standoff Continues, Somalia Permits Foreign Navies to Attack Pirates By PBS News Hour Six days after a Ukrainian freighter laden with military hardware was hijacked in the Indian Ocean, the Somali government said Wednesday that it will allow foreign navies to attack the Somali pirates behind the takeover. Continue reading
Sep 26 Nations Agree to Draft Resolution on Iran Nuclear Program By Admin, PBS News Hour Six nations have agreed on a draft U.N. resolution on Iran's nuclear program, but it does not include new sanctions, per Russia's preference, European officials said Friday. Continue reading