Nov 05 Watch U.S. Forces Prepare for Assault on Fallujah U.S. war planes continued to bomb the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Friday as American and Iraqi ground troops prepared for a major operation aimed at gaining control of the city. Military experts discuss the upcoming operation. Continue watching
Nov 02 Sudanese Forces Surround Refugee Camps, Deny Aid Agencies Access The Sudanese army and police on Tuesday surrounded several refugee camps in the war-torn region of Darfur, blocking access to humanitarian groups, United Nations officials said. Continue reading
Oct 29 Campaigns Blast Bin Laden Statement, Pledge to Defeat Al-Qaida By Admin Coming just four days ahead of the U.S. presidential election, the videotaped statement by al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden sparked unanimous denunciation from both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., on Friday evening. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch Bin Laden Warns of New Attacks, Criticizes Bush in Video Message Osama bin Laden issued a videotape Friday admitting responsibility for the Sept. 11 attacks and blaming President Bush and U.S. policy on Israel. Two experts discuss Osama Bin Laden's possible motivations for his television appearance. Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch U.S. Military Investigates Disappearance of Tons of Explosives in Iraq Roughly 380 tons of explosives are missing in Iraq, according to the U.N. nuclear watchdog group. A reporter discusses the implications of the missing explosives. Continue watching
Oct 22 Abducted Aid Worker Pleads for Her Life The kidnapped director of CARE International in Iraq made an emotional appeal for her life in a video that appeared on Al-Jazeera television Friday, pleading for the British government to help save her. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch A Discussion of the Kidnapping of Margaret Hassan, CARE's Iraq Director Ray Suarez discusses the kidnapping of Margaret Hassan, CARE International's Iraq director, with Rajiv Chandrasekaran, a Washington Post correspondent who just ended his tour as the paper's Baghdad bureau chief. Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Afghan Election Continues Despite Allegations Results continue to come in from Afghanistan's first free presidential election on Saturday. Two experts discuss the election's significance. Continue watching
Oct 08 Nobel Peace Prize Goes to African Environmentalist The culmination of a week-long flurry of Nobel prize awards was Friday's announcement of Professor Wangari Maathai, an environmental activist from Kenya, as the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Continue reading
Oct 08 Officials Investigate Bombings At Egyptian Resorts Officials are investigating three successive bombings that killed at least 27 people at the Israeli-packed seaside resorts in Taba, Egypt Thursday. Continue reading