Reporting

Dimiter Kenarov reports on the violent and historic day of parliamentary elections in Iraq.

Dimiter Kenarov sweet-talks his way into the most heavily-guarded building in Iraq.

American troops struggle to maintain order while remaining in the background.

Dimiter Kenarov’s reporting from Baghdad continues.

Dimiter Kenarov begins his reports from Baghdad, during the run-up to the elections.

The deaths of Auchinchloss, Zinn, and Salinger; Borders begins to crumble; Apple gets into the books business.

South American cocaine is ferried to Europe through West Africa. Along the way, FARC, Hezbollah, and al-Qaeda all get a cut.

The assistant director of UVA’s Creative Writing Program was in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, when the earthquake struck. He provides video and his impressions of the aftermath of the quake.

A frantic voice came over the radio: a blast had just destroyed Guinea-Bissau’s military headquarters. I drove toward the compound and, when I arrived, everyone was still shouting and running through the smoking ruins of the building...

“Okay, My-name-is, you can go.” The soldier, a Bangladeshi peacekeeper, waved Tamba through the morning’s third checkpoint and retreated into his tiny shed. There was little chance we’d make it to Buchanan and back before dark, but we would...