Jul 12th, 2006 · Authorities search train wreckage in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) for clues in a series of bombings Tuesday that killed more than 180, injuring 700. Suspicion quickly fell on Kashmiri militants, although one group has already denied responsibility. Los Angeles Times reporter Henry Chu talks with Steve Inskeep.
Jun 9th, 2006 · Hurricane season has begun -- and for the government, that often brings unsolicited advice on how to defeat nature's most powerful storms. Recent suggestions include attacking hurricanes with icebergs, diaper gel, and nuclear weapons. To test the ideas, NPR's Jon Hamilton speaks with several hurricane experts.
Feb 6th, 2006 · The FBI says it will hunt down the 13 al Qaeda suspects who escaped from a jail in Yemen last Friday. Among the convicts is Jamal al-Badawi, who played a key role in the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000, and another man responsible for attacking a French oil tanker in 2002.
Feb 6th, 2006 · Prisoners linked to the al Qaeda global terrorist organization have escaped from a prison in Yemen, and at least one of escaped prisoners is linked to the 2000 bombing attack on the USS Cole. Madeleine Brand speaks with Kevin Whitelaw of U.S. News and World Report, who has just returned from Yemen, about the prison breaks.
Feb 6th, 2006 · Jamal al-Badawi, implicated in the bombing of the USS Cole, escapes from a Yemen prison along with 12 other al Qaeda figures. Barbara Bodine, former U.S. ambassador to Yemen, discusses the escape with Steve Inskeep.
Feb 2nd, 2006 · The bodies of 16 men are discovered in Baghdad Thursday, while an average of 50 bodies riddled with bullets show up at Baghdad's main morgue every day. Staggering statistics mark the Iraq conflict: the growing numbers of kidnappings, murders and bombings that mark day-to-day life in the country.
Jan 30th, 2006 · ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff's is recovering after he and a cameraman were injured Sunday in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad. Woodruff sought to define his role as an anchor who is also a reporter -- the kind who sometimes puts himself in harm's way.
Jan 30th, 2006 · Host Steve Inskeep talks to the Baghdad bureau chief of The Times of London, James Hider, about the challenges faced by journalists covering the war in Iraq. ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff and an ABC cameraman were wounded Sunday in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad. Around 60 media workers have been killed since the U.S. invasion began.