Jun 22 Watch Fighting Terror The State Department corrected an earlier inaccurate report on terrorism, with the new numbers revealing that acts of terror worldwide increased slightly in 2003. Margaret Warner speaks first to Cofer Black from the State Department and then to former Clinton… Continue watching
Jun 18 WTO Rules Against American Cotton Subsidies, U.S. Vows Appeal The World Trade Organization ruled Friday that U.S. subsidies to cotton farmers are unfair to producers in Brazil, but the United States said it will appeal the decision. Continue reading
Jun 18 Al-Qaida Group Beheads American Hostage A group loyal to al-Qaida killed American hostage Paul M. Johnson, Jr. Friday. Johnson, an engineer for U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin, had been held hostage in the Saudi capital Riyadh since last week. Continue reading
Jun 18 Iran Threatens Renewed Nuclear Program After U.N. Rebuke Following a strongly worded rebuke from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the government of Iran said Friday it would consider re-starting its nuclear program and accused the U.S. of exerting unfair influence over IAEA proceedings. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch American Hostage in Saudi Arabia Beheaded by Captors An al-Qaida cell in Saudi Arabia on Friday beheaded its hostage, Paul Johnson, an American contractor, after the Saudi government refused to release suspected al-Qaida members. Ray Suarez and regional experts discuss the security situation for foreign citizens in Saudi… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch Day of Horror The 9/11 commission heard testimony on the communication problems immediately following the Sept. 11 attacks that left the United States temporarily without a functional government and led Vice President Cheney to believe briefly that the U.S. military had shot down… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch Day of Horror In its last public hearing on Thursday, the 9/11 Commission heard testimony on the problems immediately following the Sept. 11 attacks and the flaws in the United States' air defense response. Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch Off the Books: Rumsfeld and International Law The Justice Department indicted an independent American contractor in connection with the death of a P.O.W. in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld defended his department against allegations that it held a prisoner in Iraq in alleged violation of… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch Newsmaker: John Negroponte John Negroponte, the new U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, discusses the search for security and stability in Iraq, his unique role as an ambassador there as the country prepares to accept sovereignty. Continue watching
Jun 16 Watch U.N. Oil for Food Program Probed The United Nations has appointed former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to investigate alleged corruption in the Iraqi Oil for Food program. After a background report, Volcker discusses the ongoing investigation. Continue watching