abernethy: coming up, the copts egyptian christians since the first century challenged now by muslim extremists. and, the growing popularity of spiritual directors, drawing on practices from many faiths to help people identify god s presence in their lives. captioning sponsored by the lilly endowment abernethy: welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. malaria is adding to the misery in haiti after last month s earthquake. health workers say the disease is sweeping through the encampments of the homeless in and around port-au-prince. more than a million haitians lost their homes in the quake. also this week, the haitian government said the death toll could reach 300,000. meanwhile, haitian and u.s. officials are debating recent cases of americans adopting haitian children. it is unclear how many children were orphaned, but unicef says that even before the earthquake, 380,000 haitian children were either orphans or had been abandoned. new clashes this wee
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions ifill: good evening. i m gwen ifill. the taliban s top military commander is captured in pakistan. woodruff: and i m judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the significance of that seizure, plus an update on the big coalition offensive in afghanistan s helmand province. the marines from bravo company first arrived in the central part of the area, they were welcomed, if will, by repeated small arms attacks. ifill: then, politicians jump ship in the face of a rising anti-washington tide. next out indiana s evan bayh. woodruff: a report from egypt on the country s innovative approach to overcoming a massive problem with garbage. the system. let s work in the north and the south. it doesn t work. ifill: and european currency under stress what it means for europe and the world. that s all ahead on tonight s pbs newshour . major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: this is the engine that connects abunda
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions ifill: good evening. i m gwen ifill. the taliban s top military commander is captured in pakistan. woodruff: and i m judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the significance of that seizure, plus an update on the big coalition offensive in afghanistan s helmand province. the marines from bravo company first arrived in the central part of the area, they were welcomed, if will, by repeated small arms attacks. ifill: then, politicians jump ship in the face of a rising anti-washington tide. next out indiana s evan bayh. woodruff: a report from egypt on the country s innovative approach to overcoming a massive problem with garbage. the system. let s work in the north and the south. it doesn t work. ifill: and european currency under stress what it means for europe and the world. that s all ahead on tonight s pbs newshour . major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: this is the engine that connects abunda