World

Pages

Africa
5:04 pm
Thu November 15, 2012

Congressional Hearings Focus On Benghazi Attack

Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 11:55 am

Transcript

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

And I'm Audie Cornish. Three congressional hearings, two of them closed to the public, focused today on the September 11th attacks in Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans were killed in those attacks, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. As NPR's David Welna reports, the only open hearing today on Benghazi turned into a political slugfest.

Read more
Israeli-Palestinian Coverage
5:02 pm
Thu November 15, 2012

Israel's U.S. Ambassador: We're Ready To Send Troops

Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 11:55 am

Transcript

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

I'm joined now here in the studio by Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the U.S. Ambassador Oren, welcome to the program.

MICHAEL OREN: Good to be with you, Melissa.

BLOCK: I want to ask you about that call-up of 30,000 army reservists. That does signal an escalation. What can you tell us about that?

Read more
Health Care
4:57 pm
Thu November 15, 2012

Woman Who Was Denied Abortion Dies In Ireland

Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 11:55 am

Transcript

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

We turn now to Ireland and a controversy over a young Indian woman there, who died after being refused an abortion in a hospital.

As NPR's Philip Reeves reports, her case is reigniting debate over the near total ban on abortions in Ireland.

Read more
Israeli-Palestinian Coverage
4:54 pm
Thu November 15, 2012

Israel Reports Hamas Rocket Strikes Near Tel Aviv

Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 11:55 am

Transcript

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

We're going to follow those Palestinian rockets that Anthony was talking about from Gaza into the fields, streets and homes of Israel. Israeli police have confirmed that rockets hit central Israel today, close to Tel Aviv, for the first time. Sheera Frenkel reports from one southern city where three civilians were killed today in their apartment.

Read more
Israeli-Palestinian Coverage
4:54 pm
Thu November 15, 2012

Israel, Hamas Escalate Tit-For-Tat Strikes

Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 11:55 am

Transcript

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

I'm Melissa Block. And we begin this hour with new fighting in an old conflict. Israeli war planes struck targets across the Gaza Strip today, while Hamas militants and their allies fired rockets at several Israeli towns. One rocket landed on the southern outskirts of Tel Aviv. Three Israeli civilians were killed in one attack and at least 19 Palestinians are known to have been killed in Gaza, with many more injured.

Read more
Middle East
2:14 pm
Thu November 15, 2012

As Syrian Rebels Unite, Intervention Options Increase

Originally published on Sun November 18, 2012 9:23 am

Transcript

NEAL CONAN, HOST:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. Violence in Syria continues to escalate. Every day thousands of refugee flee into Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan, but for the first time in months, there's an opportunity to form a government in exile that could open room for diplomacy.

Read more
Asia
1:18 pm
Thu November 15, 2012

In Rural China, New Leaders Aren't Familiar Faces

Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 11:55 am

An elderly couple is winnowing rice in the front yard of their home in the tiny village of Dongjianggai, about 200 miles northwest of Shanghai. They've just watched China's incoming leaders — including Xi Jinping, the new general secretary of the Communist Party — appear for the first time on national TV.

"We don't know them," the husband, Wu Beiling, says. "Xi Jinping was just unveiled. I'm not very familiar with the rest of the members."

Read more
The Two-Way
12:39 pm
Thu November 15, 2012

Israel, Hamas Battle Becomes A Twitter War

Credit Mohammed Abed / AFP/Getty Images
Palestinians try to extinguish fire following an Israeli air strike on Wednesday in Gaza City.

Originally published on Sun November 18, 2012 9:22 am

The Two-Way
11:45 am
Thu November 15, 2012

New Syrian Opposition Group Gets Thumbs Up From Facebook Users

Credit Karim Jaafar / AFP/Getty Images
Moaz al-Khatib, a Muslim cleric, is the leader of the newly formed opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition. The opposition is working to build support inside Syria through Facebook and other social media.

Originally published on Thu November 15, 2012 1:02 pm

Facebook is the bulletin board for the Syrian revolt.

When a newly formed opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, got some 18,000 "likes" within 48 hours, it was a sign that support is building for a group formed Sunday after a week of negotiations in Doha, Qatar.

Read more
The Two-Way
7:31 am
Thu November 15, 2012

In Israel And Gaza Strip: More Explosions, Deaths On Both Sides

Originally published on Sun November 18, 2012 9:21 am

  • Anthony Kuhn talks with Linda Wertheimer on 'Morning Editon'

Update at 1:30 p.m. ET. Firing Continues:

"Intensive fire" has continued through the day across the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip, correspondent Linda Gradstein, who is in Jerusalem, tells our Newscast Desk.

Hamas has now fired more than 130 rockets toward southern Israel and the Israeli military continues to fire at targets in Gaza. Palestinian officials report at least 13 deaths on their side of the border. The death toll in Israel remains at three.

White House spokesman Jay Carney today told reporters that:

Read more

Pages