Monday's coverage agenda: Post-election Iran, Air France, healthcare reform
Here is what we're covering today:
On Iran:
鈥� Iran and the US. Howard LaFranchi explores whether the US will find Ahmedinejad chastened and easier to approach (assuming he stays in power), or the opposite?
鈥� Mousavi's next move. Scott Peterson, just out of Tehran, reviews the opposition candidate鈥檚 options to contest the election results?
鈥� Iran's Twitter factor. A roundup of coverage of how Iranians used Twitter to spread messages while cellphone transmission was down.
On the Air France crash:
鈥� Air France update. A brief roundup of the latest developments.
鈥� The flight controller factor. Alex Marks explores whether a computer problem experienced by a flight controller contributed to the Air France disaster.
In US news:
鈥� Arts report card. Stacy Teicher Khadaroo reports on a national snapshot of eighth-graders' participation and achievement in music and visual arts 鈥� the first look since 1997.
鈥� Trying Cuban spies. Warren Richey reports a Supreme Court decision that lets the espionage convictions stand of five Cubans tried in the anti-Castro hotbed of Miami.
鈥� Bill Clinton's new job. Howard LaFranchi on Bill Clinton's assignment for the UN: special envoy to Haiti. Why Haiti? Why Bill?
鈥� Selling US bonds. Mark Trumbull reports on the drop last month in foreign investment in US bonds. Is it a sign that governments abroad are worried about US debt levels?
鈥� Healthcare reform drive. Linda Feldmann on President Obama's full-court press to argue his plan for healthcare reform, taking his case directly to the American Medical Association, a key opponent.
鈥� Doctors react. Mark Guarino in Chicago takes the pulse of AMA members after Obama's healthcare reform speech.
鈥� Hate-crime law. Patrik Jonsson looks at what the recent shootings mean for the success of the hate-crimes legislation, which would expand the powers of the FBI to prosecute certain kinds of crimes in local jurisdictions.
In world news:
鈥� North Sea carbon dump. Valeria Criscione reports on a Norwegian plan to hold all of Europe's carbon dioxide in the North Sea basin. Norway recently invested nearly $200 million in a project to prove it can be done.
鈥� South Korea's safety. Don Kirk reports that the South Korean president, visiting Washington, wants US to announce that it will protect it from any North Korean aggression.
鈥� Official update in Iraq. Jane Arraf is covering a rare press conference by US General Ray Odierno, given with the Iraqi Interior minister.
鈥� Glimpse of elite Cuba. Castro鈥檚 son, duped into an Internet "affair" by a Miami exile, reveals how the Cuban nomenklatura live.
鈥� Mexican crackdown. Sara Miller Llana on Mexico's arrest of the Cancun drug cartel leader suspected of ordering the murder of a retired general put in charge of cleaning up the resort city.
鈥� Netanyahu's terms. Josh Mitnick on the hardline Israeli leader's key condition for a Palestinian state: Recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. Is this the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict or just an artificial demand designed to impede progress?
