Mar 16 Taliban Leader Promises More Attacks By PBS News Hour Mullah Mohammed Omar, the leader of the ousted Taliban regime in Afghanistan, released a statement Thursday promising renewed attacks on coalition troops this summer. Continue reading
Mar 15 U.N. Approves Human Rights Council Against U.S. Wishes By PBS News Hour Members of the U.N. General Assembly ignored U.S. opposition and voted overwhelmingly to establish a Human Rights Council. Continue reading
Mar 13 Milosevic Death Precedes War Crimes Verdict By PBS News Hour Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic died Saturday at age 64 in the midst of a four-year trial for alleged war crimes that appeared nearing an end this year. Continue reading
Mar 10 African Union to Transition to U.N. Force in Darfur By PBS News Hour U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday the African Union will transform its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's western region of Darfur into a U.N. force. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch Companies, Countries Weigh Fallout from Dubai Ports Deal President Bush warned Friday of a potential international fallout after Thursday's announcement by Dubai Ports World that it would cede control of six U.S. ports. Two financial experts about what this announcement could mean for foreign investment in the United… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch Baltimore Port Safety Examined Ray Suarez reports from the port of Baltimore about the state of security at U.S. ports. Continue watching
Mar 09 Patriot Act Renewed With Some Privacy Protections By PBS News Hour President Bush signed a renewal of the USA Patriot Act into law Thursday, a day before 16 major provisions of the law were set to expire. Continue reading
Mar 08 Iran, U.S. Spar Over Nuclear Research; Iran Referred to Security Council By PBS News Hour The United States and Iran exchanged threats over Iran's nuclear program as the International Atomic Energy Agency agreed Wednesday to refer the matter to the U.N. Security Council. Continue reading
Mar 08 Thousands of Sudanese Protest Proposed U.N. Troops By PBS News Hour Thousands of Sudanese protesters, shouting "down, down USA," rallied in Khartoum on Wednesday against the proposed deployment of U.N. peacekeepers to the troubled western Darfur region. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch Port Deal Roils Republican Ranks House Republicans have drafted legislation that would block a Dubai company from managing several U.S. ports, despite President Bush's promise to veto any such measures. Republican Reps. Jack Kingston of Georgia and Darrell Issa of California discuss the developing chasm. Continue watching