Dec 03 Agendas Clash As Trade Talks Begin Although the protests outside the World Trade Organization's summit in Seattle have quieted, tensions among the conference's 135 member countries continue to rise. Continue reading
Dec 02 Agendas Clash As Trade Talks Begin After two days of protests slowed the beginning of the World Trade Organization's summit, troubles in the talks are now coming from inside the Seattle delegation. Continue reading
Dec 01 Police Beef Up Security for WTO Summit After the World Trade Organization canceled its opening ceremony yesterday due to protests, Seattle police say today heightened security will ensure trade talks get back on schedule. Continue reading
Nov 30 Police Clash With WTO Protesters Police used tear gas and batons to disperse demonstrators trying to block the start of the World Trade Organization conference in Seattle. Continue reading
Nov 29 Protests Cause Delay in Trade Summit Security worries surrounding the World Trade Organization meeting caused a four-and-a-half hour delay in pre-conference activities Monday. Continue reading
Nov 19 54 Countries Adopt New Security Charter World leaders ended a European security summit in Turkey by calling for a political settlement in Chechnya and adopting a Charter for European Security. Continue reading
Nov 16 Hurricane Lenny Pounds Caribbean Hurricane Lenny stalled in the northeastern Caribbean Thursday morning, pounding the Virgin Islands with 135 mph winds and up to 15 inches of rain. Continue reading
May 07 Storm Damage in Tennessee By PBS News Hour Four people were killed by powerful storms in western Tennessee on Wednesday and Thursday. They came from the same weather system that spawned tornadoes in the southern plains that killed 46 earlier this week. Continue reading
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May 05 Picking Up the Pieces After the Tornadoes in the Midwest By PBS News Hour A series of vicious tornadoes in the Midwest have left at least 44 people dead and hundreds more injured in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas. Officials estimate that damage from the twisters could aproach a billion dollars. Continue reading