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.

Dimiter Kenarov’s reporting from Baghdad continues.

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

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.

In the late afternoon, the Soumbe-dioune Market in Dakar is mostly empty—populated by women rolling peanuts into bags as snacks, a few people brewing up vats of Cafe Touba (a spiced and sugary coffee), and others wiping down their cleaning...

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...