With presidential elections less than a year away, Barack Obama hopes to woo America's Latino electorate with his so-called Dream Act. The proposal would enable undocumented college-level graduates to obtain citizenship. California has already taken a step in that direction, with undocumented students there eligible for public grants from next year.
A Los Angeles jury has found Michael Jackson’s personal doctor, Conrad Murray, guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2009 death of the pop star. Murray faces up to four years in prison.
She grew up in the dive bars and rotten graveyards of South Dakota. EMA alias Erika M. Anderson from the Gowns talks to us about her first solo record. But first, as e-books overtake printed book sales in the US and the UK, we find out if the literary French are still clinging to their paper copies. Also on the show, Sufi musicians bring their divine and mystical sounds to Paris.
A jury in Los Angeles did not reach a verdict Friday in the trial of Michael Jackson’s personal doctor, Conrad Murray, in connection with the 2009 death of the pop star. They will reconvene Monday for further deliberation.
A jury in Los Angeles began deliberations on Friday after hearing closing arguments in the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s personal doctor, Conrad Murray, in connection with the 2009 death of the pop superstar.
First, we bring you a special report on the use of paramilitary forces by drug cartels in Mexico's gang war. Next, we meet the pensioners and students making up for spending cuts in California's police force. Finally, we look at hardship on Sesame Street, as the show's writers seek to bring attention to poverty.
Papers are focusing on falling global stock markets and a surging gold price. And also asking: what to do about Syria? The Indian press, meanwhile, covers Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign. One Indian paper argues he has delivered a "knock out" blow to the government. That's the menu for today's look at the international papers, Friday 19th August 2011.
An underground network of doctors is exposing the repression in Syria. The American debt problem. New technologies help bring the world’s oldest record back to life.
Tunisians are looking for ways to get around web censorship. Online impersonation is now a crime in California and punishable by imprisonment. And a site which converts social network posts into news articles.
January 12 marks the first anniversary of the devastating Haitian earthquake that left more than 200,000 dead and the country in ruins.
But one of the biggest problems is not just lack of food or shelter but the fact there is no rule of law means in many areas. As a result, women are raped with impunity and the gangs are running the show. France 24's Nathan King heads out with a local journalist and activist who's trying to bring about calm to the streets.
