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  • Tracing A Father's Steps On China's Long March
    Red Army soldiers trekked through China on their epic journey nearly 75 years ago. The daughter of an officer, Diane Zhang, follows the route on a quest to learn about the defining moment in her family's and China's history.
  • Cracking Down On Mexican Violence
    Mexican citizens are getting sick of the murders and kidnappings in their country and are demanding the government do something about them.
  • Gustav, Hanna Batter Haiti
    Tropical storm Hanna and Hurricane Gustav have overwhelmed Haiti with floods and mudslides that have killed more than 130 people. The city of Gonaive is almost entirely cut off from the rest of the country. Officials call the situation "catastrophic."
  • Al-Qaida Sees Opportunity In Pakistan's Flux
    Pervez Musharraf's resignation introduced uncertainty, and U.S. officials say al-Qaida is seeking to strengthen its presence in the country. Meanwhile, Pakistan looks likely to pick Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, as its next president.
  • Searching For The 'Disappeared' In Colombia
    Forensic anthropologists are searching for the "disappeared" in Colombia — thousands of people killed by death squads and buried in unmarked graves. Many of the disappearances were not reported out of fear.
  • What Hanna Did To Haiti
    Tropical Storm Hanna has killed over a hundred people in Haiti, and thousands more are still displaced. Madeleine Brand talks to Louis Vigneault of UNICEF in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
  • Bhutto's Widower Expected To Win Presidency
    In Pakistan, lawmakers will select the country's next president Saturday. Asif Ali Zardari is the frontrunner to succeed President Pervez Musharraf, who resigned under pressure last month. Zardari took over the Pakistan Peoples Party after his wife and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in December.
  • Global Economic Worries Flare Up Again
    Fears about the global economy have flared up again, with worries starting in the United States and then infecting Asian markets. Nearly every stock index in Asia lost 2 percent to 3 percent of its value Friday, and European shares also started the trading day lower. The latest flight from financial markets was sparked by gloomy reports on U.S. retail sales and the U.S. labor market.
  • European Leaders Meet On Georgia-Russia Conflict
    European foreign ministers open two days of talks Friday in southern France to discuss sending civilian monitors to Georgia. The aim is to convince Russia to remove its troops.
  • In Ukraine, A Conflict Over Russian Relations
    In the wake of Russia's invasion of Georgia, Ukraine is in turmoil over a battle between the president and the prime minister. They disagree over how best to handle relations with Russia and the West.
  • Embattled Thai Premier Known For Politics, Cooking
    Samak Sundaravej has had a 40-year career in Thailand's politics, but it's not clear whether he can ride out the country's latest political crisis.
  • In Georgia, Cheney Blasts Russian Actions
    Vice President Dick Cheney was in Georgia Thursday signaling Washington's support for the former Soviet republic. In a statement, he decried what he called Russia's "illegitimate" attempt to redraw Georgia's borders by force.
  • Civilian Casualty Numbers Differ For Afghan Raid
    Survivors of the raid in Azizabad, the Afghan government and the U.N. counted many more dead from the Aug. 22 raid than the U.S. government.
  • Rice's Libya Trip A Signal Of Restored Ties
    Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Libya comes after years of gradually easing sanctions on the country. She will be the first secretary of state to visit Libya since 1953, and experts tout the country's transformation as a foreign policy success story.
  • International Press Closely Watching RNC
    The American presidential race is the subject of intense interest around the world. Luis Clemens, a reporter and political commentator in Mexico; Rami Khouri, of The Daily Star in Beirut; and Masha Lipman, of the Carnegie Endowment's Moscow Center in Russia discuss how the international press is covering this week's GOP convention.
 
 
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