May 09 U.S. Plans for Postwar Iraq Presented to Security Council The United States took its postwar plans for Iraq to the United Nations on Friday, trying to persuade the Security Council to lift sanctions against the battered nation and give U.S. and British administrators control over its oil revenues. Continue reading
May 09 U.S. Draft Resolution on Iraq By PBS News Hour U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte introduced this resolution outlining the plans for postwar Iraq to the U.N. Security Council. It calls for phasing out the U.N. Oil for Food program and replacing it with a program administered by the U.S. and… Continue reading
May 09 Watch Lifting U.N. Sanctions Against Iraq As the U.S. calls for an end of economic sanctions on postwar Iraq, former U.N. Assistant Secretary General Denis Halliday and former Canadian Ambassador to the U.N. David Malone discuss the international body's role in rebuilding Iraq and the question… Continue watching
May 09 Watch Background: Lifting U.N. Sanctions Against Iraq Kwame Holman explains the U.S. proposal to end United Nations sanctions against Iraq. Continue watching
May 07 Watch Conversation: Singapore’s Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong Singapore's prime minister discusses the city-state's struggle to control SARS and the fight against terrorism. Continue watching
May 06 Watch Debts of Saddam Hussein Iraq owes nearly $400 billion in obligations dating back to the first Gulf War. A new Iraqi government will have to decide what to do about Saddam's debt while it tries to rebuild. Continue watching
May 05 Tornadoes Strike Four States, Kill At Least 35 People A lethal batch of tornadoes ripped through four states Sunday afternoon, killing at least 35 people while destroying thousands of homes and businesses. Continue reading
May 05 Watch Killer Storms in in Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee Tornadoes and violent thunderstorms killed at least 35 people last night in Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee. Terence Smith discusses the devastating storms with Gov. Bob Holden of Missouri and Dan McCarthy, a warning coordination meteorologist with the National Oceanic and… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Background: Killer Storms in in Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee Terence Smith reports on tornadoes and violent thunderstorms that killed at least 35 people last night in Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee. Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch Shifting Alliances: The State of U.S.-European Relations After Secretary of State Colin Powell testified about NATO before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, experts assess the state of U.S.-European relations. Continue watching