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Bickering and Conflict in DC
Washington dc politics in 2011 saw brinkmanship and bickering... super committees and compromise..or the lack there of. we watched new names enter the national conversation and old familiar ones coming back again. jobs jobs jobs...that was the mantra all year long. yet from the white house to capitol hill...the American people didn't seem too happy with the job being done for them. full story
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Mostly Bad News With Some Positive Signs
Bill Clinton is noted for saying, "it's the economy stupid." Meaning, it's the number one priority for Americans. In 2011, the economy and its near collapse was the focus of not only American but people all over the world. full story
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Arab Spring 2011
One of the biggest news stories of 2011 has been the Arab Uprising. Time Magazine even named “The Protester” its person of the year. full story
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Street Reactions to 2011 Events
Video EBRU's Jessica Courtemanche out on the streets to see what world events you feel helped define 2011... full story
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Thousands of lives lost across the globe
Video It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. 2011, saw many highs, but as with the ebb and flow of life, there were some devastating lows as well. full story
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Review 2011 - Full Story
Video Ebru News Review of major events in 2011 full story
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Turkiye politics
Perhaps the biggest story of the year in Turkiye in 2010 was voters' overwhelming approval of constitutional reforms that make major changes to Turkiye's military-era constitution. full story
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MIDEAST PEACE
After months of negotiations aimed at restarting peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, Mideast envoy George Mitchell found himself back at square one by the end of the year after the U-S decided to stop demanding an Israeli moratorium on settleme full story
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STORY OF SURVIVAL
On August 5th, 33 miners were left trapped 22 hundred feet underground, after a massive cave-in at the San Jose gold and copper mine in Chile's northern Atacama Desert. full story
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EU ECONOMY
The 16 countries of the Eurozone were tested like never before in 2010 by a financial crisis that seemed to ripple from country to country. full story
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WIKILEAKS
It’s been called a virtual treasure trove of military documents. 400-thousand classified and potentially damaging U-S military records, secretly obtained and published by the online whistle blower website – Wikileaks. full story
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Disasters dominate 2010
Some say 2010 was the year of disasters...volcanoes, tsunamis, blizzards, floods, wildfires, earthquakes....Our planet was devastated along with millions of people who were severely affected by the disasters... full story
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Three Groups Spread Positive Social Message
Organizations across the world worked tirelessly this year to build bridges between religions and across cultures. full story
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A Look Back in US Politics
2010 was quite a year for American politics, full of historic achievement, controversial policies, and a sweeping change in Congressional power. full story
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2010: An Economic Comeback?
In 2010, the U-S continued to recover from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. From the rising number of unemployed to homeowners facing foreclosure it was another difficult year for many Americans. full story
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Book Review-Place Called Canterbury
"A Place Called Canterbury: Tales of the New Old Age in America" (Viking, 366 pages, $24.95), by Dudley Clendinen: A journalist takes readers inside his mother's housing complex for the elderly and inside the complicated reality of aging in America today. full story







