Dec 22 Watch Compensating Victims of 9/11 Monday at midnight is the deadline for the families of 9/11 victims to make claims to the government's official compensation fund. Kenneth Feinberg, the fund's special master, discusses the fund and his team's outreach efforts. Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Libya Agrees to Give Up WMD President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Friday that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi admitted seeking weapons of mass destruction, but would give up those programs and allow international inspectors to enter the country. Jim Lehrer discusses the developments… Continue watching
Dec 18 Appeals Court Orders Dirty Bomb Suspect Released By PBS News Hour A federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. government does not have the authority to detain accused American "dirty bomb" suspect Jose Padilla as an enemy combatant, ordering the Department of Defense to release the Chicago native within 30 days. Continue reading
Dec 18 Iran Signs Protocol Allowing Snap U.N. Nuclear Inspections Iran signed an agreement with the nuclear watchdog arm of the United Nations allowing the agency to conduct unannounced inspections of its nuclear facilities, as part of a new effort to convince the world it is not covertly developing atomic… Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch Terror Suspects Separate federal appeals courts Thursday ruled in favor of increased legal rights for Jose Padilla, the Chicago man accused of planning a dirty-bomb attack, and the 600 foreign detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Jim Lehrer discusses these decisions with… Continue watching
Dec 17 U.S., Four Central American Countries Reach Free Trade Deal The United States, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua announced Wednesday they reached an agreement on a free-trade deal after a final marathon negotiating session. Continue reading
Dec 14 World Leaders Congratulate U.S. on Capture of Saddam From London to Riyadh, world leaders welcomed the announcement that U.S. forces had captured former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, saying it ended the career of a brutal dictator and heralded a new era of hope for the Iraqi people. Continue reading
Dec 05 Deadly Bombing in Russia Kills Dozens A suicide bombing on a Russian commuter train near Chechnya killed at least 40 people and wounded 150 others on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the attack was an effort to disrupt the weekend's parliamentary elections. Continue reading
Dec 04 President Bush Lifts Steel Tariffs to Avert Trade War President Bush announced Thursday he would repeal the tariffs on foreign steel imposed in March 2002 to avoid a threatened trade war with Europe and Asia. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch Steel Tariffs Ended President Bush lifted tariffs on foreign steel Thursday, less than a month after the World Trade Organization's highest court ruled that they violated global trade laws. Jim Lehrer discusses the move with the president of a steelworkers' union and a… Continue watching