Jun 04 U.N. War Crimes Court Indicts Liberian President A special United Nations-backed war crimes court in Sierra Leone on Wednesday indicted Charles Taylor, president of neighboring Liberia. Continue reading
Jun 04 SARS is in Decline, U.N. Agency Says With outbreaks in all the initial hot zones either contained or coming under control, severe acute respiratory syndrome is clearly in decline, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 04 Israeli and Palestinian Leaders Pledge Commitment to Peace After a meeting with President Bush Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged to dismantle illegal Jewish outposts in the West Bank, while Palestinian Prime Minister Mamhoud Abbas again denounced violence. Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch Mideast Summit The Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers endorsed the internationally-backed "road map" to Mideast peace during meetings today, including the plan's call for two independent states existing side-by-side. Three experts discuss the talks. Continue watching
Jun 02 President Bush Departs G-8 Summit for Middle East Peace Talks President Bush left the annual Group of Eight summit in France Monday to attend talks with Arab leaders on the U.S.-backed "road map" to peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, the final stretch of his trip through Europe and the… Continue reading
May 30 U.S. Terror Attack Risk Lowered to "Elevated" The Bush administration lowered the nationwide terror alert to yellow or "elevated" risk on Friday saying that intelligence information, which had pointed to an increased risk of an attack in the United States 10 days ago, sparked the decrease. Continue reading
May 30 Watch Airport Screeners The Transportation Security Administration is now fully in charge of passenger and baggage screening at all commercial airports in the United States. Tom Bearden reports on changes and problems within the agency. Continue watching
May 29 Watch Where are the Weapons in Iraq? Nearly two months after the fall of Baghdad, coalition troops have not found definitive proof of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Four experts discuss the continuing search. Continue watching
May 28 Watch Ravaged Land Violence increases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the country attempts to broker peace following a five-year civil war. Following a background report, Ray Suarez talks with Salih Booker, Executive Director of Africa Action, on what's behind this… Continue watching
May 23 Algerian Death Toll Soars, Aid Begins to Flow to Survivors The death toll for the earthquake that rocked northern Algeria late Wednesday surpassed 1,600 Friday as searchers continued the grim work of sifting through destroyed apartment buildings and homes. Continue reading