Dec 26 Watch Two Years After Deadly Tsunami, Southeast Asia Still Recovering Two years after a tsunami devastated Southeast Asia, the region's hardest hit areas continue to deal with the aftermath. Regional experts discuss efforts to restore the economy and society in the most affected areas. Continue watching
Dec 21 Report Charges FEMA Wasted Funds After Hurricane Katrina By Admin, PBS News Hour The Federal Emergency Management Agency is under fire for wasting taxpayers' money on illegitimate disaster aid claims in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, though the agency contends it had to streamline procedures to send aid quickly to those in need. Continue reading
Dec 15 Threat of War Rises in Somalia; Islamists Set Deadline for Ethiopian Withdrawal By PBS News Hour Residents of the Somali town of Baidoa stocked up on emergency provisions Friday as tensions between Somalia's Islamic Court fighters and government-backed Ethiopian troops heated up. Continue reading
Dec 08 Former U.N. Ambassador Kirkpatrick Dies at Age 80 By PBS News Hour The first woman U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Jeane Kirkpatrick, died late Thursday in her Bethesda, Md., home at age 80. Continue reading
Dec 04 U.S. Ambassador to U.N. John Bolton to Resign By PBS News Hour U.N. Ambassador John Bolton will step down when his temporary appointment expires in the coming weeks, a White House spokesman said Monday. Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch World Must Step Up in Darfur, Activist Says Wrapping up a series about what the United States and others should do about ending the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, human rights activist Albaqir Mukhtar calls for stronger action from the international community. Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch Series of Car Bombs Rips Through Eastern Baghdad Suspected Sunni Muslim insurgents blew up five car bombs and fired mortars into Baghdad's largest Shiite district Thursday, killing at least 161 people and wounding more than 250. New York Times Baghdad Bureau Chief John Burns updates the story from… Continue watching
Nov 20 U.S.-Russia Trade Pact Paves Way for Russia to Join WTO By Admin, PBS News Hour A trade agreement signed by the United States and Russia over the weekend clears a major hurdle for the former communist country's entry into the World Trade Organization, the international body that regulates trade rules and disputes. Continue reading
Nov 17 Drug Trade, Resurgent Taliban Fuel Intensified Attacks in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Funded largely by a flourishing drug trade, Taliban fighters have stepped up their attacks on Afghan and international forces, killing more than 300 people a month on average in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Nov 13 Attacks Kill Dozens in Darfur as U.N. Seeks to Bolster AU Mission By PBS News Hour An estimated 30 people died in the Darfur region of Sudan over the weekend when armed men on horseback and on camels attacked a village 30 miles north of West Darfur's capital El Geneina, an African Union official told Reuters. Continue reading