Dec 07 Watch Handling Terror Suspects Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Europe and is confronted with questions from European allies concerned by recent reports of rendition and the questionable handling of terror suspects. Two experts assess the situation. Continue watching
Dec 05 9/11 Commission Report Finds U.S. Unprepared for Terror Attack By PBS News Hour A report released by the former Sept. 11 Commission on Monday found serious shortcomings in the federal government's progress to safeguard the United States against future attacks. Continue reading
Dec 05 Suicide Bombing Heightens Israeli / Palestinian Tensions By PBS News Hour A suicide attack that killed five outside a mall Monday prompted the Israeli government to order new strikes against the leaders of the militant group Islamic Jihad and raised the specter of increased violence in the Middle Eastern nation. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch Debating Rendition Tactics Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday defended the CIA practice of snatching and transferring terror suspects overseas for questioning, a tactic also known as rendition. Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch Former 9/11 Commission Officers Fault Government in Report Members of the former 9/11 Commission gave the government mostly failing grades Monday on improving security. Following a background report, two members of the House Homeland Security Committee assess the commission's criticisms. Continue watching
Dec 04 U.N. Team to Question Syrian Witnesses in Hariri Murder Probe By PBS News Hour U.N. officials investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will question five Syrian witnesses in Vienna starting Monday, a senior U.N. official said. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch Grim Forecast in Pakistan As winter weather sweeps into the Himalayan Mountains, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees talks about the plight of people made homeless by the Oct. 8 earthquake. Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Devastation in Guatemala 2005 marks a record year for the number and strength of hurricanes originating in the Atlantic Ocean. Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles reports from Guatemala, a country hit particularly hard by the massive storms. Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch Families Struggle in Louisiana Three months after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, many families are still struggling to find new jobs, homes and a return to a normal lifestyle. Continue watching
Nov 22 'Dirty Bomb' Suspect Charged With Conspiracy By PBS News Hour Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held for three years as an enemy combatant suspected of planning a "dirty bomb" attack on the United States, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and aid terrorists overseas, the Justice Department said. Continue reading