Feb 25th, 2010 · Haiti's small business elite sees last month's earthquake as an opportunity, but not just to make money. They say it's a chance to re-fashion the corrupt, inefficient way things are done in Haiti, while marshaling international support to boost the country's industries.
Jan 15th, 2010 · Elite rescue teams from France, Spain and the United States have plucked seven people out of the flattened Hotel Montana, once one of the nicest hotels in Port-au-Prince. The quake flattened the luxury compound. But as time passes, hope for rescuing other survivors fades.
Nov 12th, 2009 · Laird Robinson, a former smoke jumper, talks to Melissa Block about Earl Cooley, who was with the first National Forest team that jumped into a fire in 1940. Cooley died Monday at 98. Smoke jumpers are elite teams who fly out over raging wildfires in the West, parachute down into the burning forests and battle the flames until they're under control.
Oct 20th, 2009 · Michele Norris speaks with C. Christine Fair, professor of security studies at Georgetown University, about the group that took responsibility for a suicide bombing in southeast Iran this weekend. The attack killed 31 people, including several top commanders in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards. The group is called Jundallah, which Iran says is supported by Pakistan, Great Britain and the U.S.
Oct 18th, 2009 · Iranian state media has reported that a suicide bomber has killed five senior commanders of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard and at least 26 others. The attack occurred in southeastern Iran, near the border with Pakistan. Host Liane Hansen speaks to John Leyne of the BBC about a suicide bombing in southeastern Iran.
Oct 18th, 2009 · A suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guard and at least 26 others in an area of southeastern Iran that has been at the center of a simmering Sunni insurgency, state media reported.
Oct 17th, 2009 · On a single day in Feb. 1991, an American Army squadron defeated an elite Iraqi brigade almost twice as large in what is now regarded as the largest U.S. Army tank battle since World War II. To history buffs, the "Battle of 73 Easting" is legendary. To the man who led the squadron, the battle was a omen of things to come.
Oct 5th, 2009 · In Honduras, a protracted presidential standoff is highlighting the deep divisions in the country's society. Supporters say deposed President Manuel Zelaya is being punished for snubbing the elite and championing the poor; critics say he acted unconstitutionally.