An angry Iraqi journalist hurled a shoe at President Bush during a press conference in Baghdad's Green Zone. Now the journalist is in jail while thousands demonstrate for his release. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
ABC News reports a Saudi man offered $10 million for the shoes that were thrown at George W. Bush in Iraq on Sunday, December 14, 2008. Montather Al-Zaidi, the shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist has become an instant folk hero in Arab world.
"CBS News RAW:" At a press conference in Baghdad with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Bush got a reminder of the fervent opposition to his policies when a man threw two shoes at his head.
Leading up to the American presidential election, CBC producer Terence McKenna takes a retrospective look at U.S. President George W. Bush, arguably one of the most controversial public figures of recent memory. (Part 8 of 8) http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczo...
Syrian officials are claiming U.S. helicopters an area near the town of Abu Kamal, killing 8 people. Thalia Assuras is monitoring developments from Washington.
Early on it seemed that President George W. Bush would join Sen. John McCain on the campaign trail. As Bill Plante reports, once Mr. Bush's approval rating dropped, he was dropped by McCain.
The officer who led the armys Delta Force mission to kill Osama bin Laden after 9/11 reveals what really happened in Tora Bora, Afghanistan, when the al-Qaeda leader narrowly escaped. Scott Pelley reports.
Diyala province has become the most violent region in Iraq in the last few years. Now, after a series of joint operations with the Iraqi forces, US troops are withdrawing. Sherine Tadros reports.
While the U.S. steps up attacks against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, those attacks are crossing the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan. The results have left a trail of enraged Pakistanis, innocent casualties, and an inflamed insurgency targeting Pakistans fledgling democratic government. Will the U.S. leave the battle against terrorists in Pakistan to the Pakistanis?
The Iranian leader's visit to the US, this time for the UN General Assembly in New York, will probably be his last before there's a new president in the White House. As the election draws closer, we're focusing on people who will be affected by US foreign policy. So what do young people in Tehran think of the US election? Our correspondent Alireza Ronaghi has been finding out.
Part 1 The United Nations General Assembly has convened in New York amid a global financial crisis, rising oil prices and loud protests. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, is due to address the General Assembly on Tuesday. His second visit to the UN has been marred in protests with thousands of demonstrators protesting Iran's threats towards Israel and its human rights record. A massive pro-democracy rally is scheduled to take place during the president's address in which he is expected to criticise the US and its foreign policy as well as defend Iran's uranium enrichment programmes. On Riz Khan we take a look at the current state of US-Iran relations and what a change in the White House might mean for the way forward. Part2