Jan 14 Kenya's Lawmakers to Reconvene Despite Continued Unrest By Admin, PBS News Hour Kenya's feuding political parties are bracing for a contentious week as the sharply divided Parliament reconvenes and opposition leaders plan mass demonstrations. Continue reading
Jan 10 U.S. Considers Adding 3,000 Marines to Fight in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour The Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan to bolster efforts to thwart another expected Taliban offensive in the spring, military officials said. Continue reading
Jan 03 Musharraf Dissatisfied with Bhutto Death Probe By Admin, PBS News Hour Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf expressed dissatisfaction with the investigation into Benazir Bhutto's death on Thursday, but he denied accusations of government involvement in the attack. Continue reading
Jan 02 Death Toll Passes 300 in Kenya's Election Violence By PBS News Hour Dozens of Kenyans were burned alive in a church on Tuesday and more than 300 have been killed in a wave of violence since last week's controversial re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. Continue reading
Dec 28 Mourning, Violence as Bhutto Is Buried By PBS News Hour Benazir Bhutto was buried Friday at her family's mausoleum in her southern home province of Sindh, one day after the Pakistani opposition leader was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack at an election rally. Continue reading
Dec 27 Pakistan in Uproar After Bhutto Assassination By PBS News Hour Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in an attack that killed at least 20 others, plunging the nuclear-armed country into fresh turmoil less than two weeks before highly-anticipated elections. Continue reading
Dec 24 Uzbek Strongman Cruises to Re-election in Questionable Vote By PBS News Hour Despite criticism by many Western governments of vote rigging and oppression of political opposition, Uzbekistan's longtime strongman Islam Karimov cruised to an easy re-election Sunday, garnering more than 88 percent of the vote. Continue reading
Dec 19 U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Reduction Plan Announced By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush announced this week that he wants to shrink the aging U.S. nuclear stockpile to less than a quarter of its size at the end of the Cold War. Continue reading
Dec 14 $7.4B Pledged to Palestinians at Paris Meeting By PBS News Hour International donors pledged Monday to support the embattled Palestinian government of President Mahmoud Abbas, pledging billions in aid over three years -- a sum that topped the Palestinians' own expectations. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch Attack in Algeria Reopens Country's War Wounds, Stirs Terror Fears Two truck bombs exploded in Algiers, Algeria, Tuesday, causing heavy damage to U.N. offices and killing more than 31. A branch of terror group al-Qaida claimed responsibility. Experts assess what the attacks mean for Algeria, Northern Africa and the West. Continue watching