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  • Aid Efforts Stymied by China, Myanmar Tragedies
    Two catastrophes have struck this month — the cyclone in Myanmar and the earthquake in China. As the death tolls in these two countries mount, so does the need for aid. But Myanmar has been reluctant to let relief workers into the country, and China says it will accept foreign aid on its own timetable. But how do people give if they want to help the victims?
  • Search for Victims Turns Up a Quake Survivor
    Four days after a powerful earthquake struck China's Sichuan province, survivors are still being located, freed from rubble by rescue teams. Days after the quake, a search party found and rescued a survivor in a devastated village in Sichuan. But getting the man out of a collapsed factory was no simple matter.
  • Families Search for Living in Dujiangyan
    About 20 miles from the epicenter of the earthquake, Dujiangyan, China, has gone from a booming metropolis of more than a half-million to a teeming tent city. Residents are still looking for family members — or trying to let them know they are alive.
  • A Rapper Out of Sudan's Civil War
    Emmanuel Jal was a child soldier in Sudan's brutal civil war. Now he is a rapper with a new album out called <em>Warchild</em>. Music journalist Christian Bordal has a review and profile of the artist.
  • Capt. Rawlings' Tips on Serving in Iraq
    The 26-year-old Princeton alum has been stop-lossed in Sadr City. Over the next few months, he'll be answering listeners' questions about his experience. In his first batch of answers, he discusses how he fills his spare time, why his soldiers sometimes make fun of him and what he'd tell a kid who's considering a future in the military.
  • Palestinian-American Reflects on Israel
    Palestinian American Nina Cullers and her family lost their home and way of life when Israel became an independent nation in 1948. As Israel marks its 60th anniversary, Cullers reflects on how that event affected her life as a Palestinian.
  • Survivors Emerge as Rescuers Face Tremors, Slides
    Rescuers in China were still finding survivors as they braved strong aftershocks and landslides Friday, days after a massive earthquake devastated parts of southwest Sichuan province. The death toll from the country's worst quake in decades stood at more than 21,500, and President Hu Jintao made his first tour of the affected areas.
  • 'Haditha Massacre' Dramatized in New Film
    A group of Marines in 2005 shot and killed 24 Iraqis in Haditha. Director Nick Broomfield discusses "The Battle for Haditha," a film that portrays the marines, an Iraqi family and a group of insurgents.
  • Bay Area Group Awaits Word on Schools in China
    The Shin Shin Educational Foundation was founded 10 years ago in the San Francisco Bay area to support and build elementary schools in China's most remote areas. Now the foundation is waiting for news on how its schools fared in this week's earthquake.
  • Interpol Backs Colombia's Charge Against Venezuela
    The Colombian government has accused Venezuelan officials of offering to aid Colombia's rebels in obtaining weapons. Now the international police agency Interpol is backing up their claim.
  • Need for Clean, Fresh Water Urgent in Myanmar
    The International Red Cross says there is a desperate need for clean water for the victims of the cyclone in Myanmar. In the meantime, thousands of victims stand in long lines along the roads, begging passing vehicles for food or clothes.
  • Quake Coverage: Is China's Grip on Media Looser?
    The strong hand of the Chinese government has long suppressed bad news. State news organizations often report stories to promote the central government's agenda. But coverage of the Sichuan earthquake indicates that the government may be loosening its grip on the media.
  • Crews Save Some, Too Late for Others in Sichuan
    Rescue workers are having a hard time getting heavy equipment to isolated towns and villages in Southwestern China after Monday's earthquake. Thousands of residents are still buried beneath buildings, and survivors are worried about the aftereffects of the disaster.
  • Bolder Tactics Divide Cuba's 'Ladies in White'
    In Cuba, 75 dissidents were arrested five years ago, most of whom are still in prison. Some of their wives formed a group called "Ladies in White" and have had demonstrations at their church every Sunday. A smaller number of them acted on their own last month, using bolder methods, attracting the attention of Cuban officials.
  • U.S. Offers Training, Pay as It Frees Iraqi Detainees
    For many recruits of al-Qaida in Iraq, it's the chance to make money, not extremism or ideology, that attracted them &mdash; so many are released from U.S. military prisons because they are not that dangerous. A U.S. general is offering classes and a parole system to help keep them out of prison once they are freed.
 
 
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