Sep 17 Attack on U.S. Embassy in Yemen Leaves 16 Dead By PBS News Hour Militants attacked the U.S. embassy in Yemen Wednesday, assaulting the structure with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb. Officials said the attack killed at least 16 people, including six assailants. Continue reading
Sep 16 Mullen Visits Pakistan to Ease Tensions Over Raids By Admin, PBS News Hour Top U.S. military officer Adm. Mike Mullen went to Pakistan Tuesday to discuss concerns over Islamabad's efforts to combat militant fighters and to address rising tensions over reports that U.S. forces have engaged in unauthorized raids there. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Texas Coast Reels From Hurricane Ike's Destruction Days after Hurricane Ike made heavy landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast Friday, thousands of residents remain without power and water, and many evacuees are still unable to return to their homes because of flooding. Tom Bearden reports from Texas… Continue watching
Sep 15 Mugabe Agrees to Share Power Under New Zimbabwe Deal By PBS News Hour Zimbabwe's political rivals signed a landmark power-sharing agreement Monday that shows President Robert Mugabe of the ZANU-PF party loosening his grip on the economically ravaged country for the first time in nearly three decades. Continue reading
Sep 12 Hurricane Forecasters Wrestle With Uncertainty to Track Tricky Storms By PBS News Hour By Friday morning there was little question as to the direction of Hurricane Ike's path -- the storm was gaining strength as it barreled toward Texas, and storm surges had already begun to batter the coastal city of Galveston. Continue reading
Sep 12 Texans Evacuate, Find Shelter as Ike Approaches By PBS News Hour As Hurricane Ike approached the Texas coast Friday, Galveston residents continued to flee their island city while Houstonians 60 miles inland boarded up their homes and businesses and hunkered down. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch Thousands of Texans Flee Oncoming Hurricane Ike Federal and state authorities have organized an evacuation and communication program to prepare for Hurricane Ike, which is expected to hit the Texas Gulf Coast late Friday. Houston Mayor Bill White explains the extensive measures being taken before winds and… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch Seven Years Later, Impact of 9/11 Still Resonates Seven years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a panel of writers and scholars examines the event's continuing impact on American life and on the world. Continue watching
Sep 11 Texas Coastline Braces for Brutal Landfall by Hurricane Ike By PBS News Hour Hurricane Ike amassed strength in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday as it continues a slow march toward the Texas coast where residents are evacuating or stocking up in preparation for a landfall late Friday or Saturday. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch Nation Marks Seventh Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks Seven years after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, commemoration ceremonies took place across the country to mark the anniversary. Kwame Holman reports on the observances in Washington, D.C., New York City and Shanksville, Pa. Continue watching