Snowboard Cross Makes Winter Olympics Debut

NPR | By Chris Arnold

Published February 16, 2006 at 9:38 AM HST

Mattias Blomberg of Sweden leads from Sylvain Duclos of France during the Mens Snowboard Cross Qualifying Cross, Feb. 16.

Chris Arnold

NPR correspondent Chris Arnold is based in Boston. His reports are heard regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazines Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. He joined NPR in 1996 and was based in San Francisco before moving to Boston in 2001.

See stories by Chris Arnold

More from Hawai‘i Public Radio

Israel and Lebanon begin tense 10-day ceasefire

Kat Lonsdorf, A Martínez

Israel and Lebanon agreed to the 10-day ceasefire, but Israel vowed to keep its forces in southern Lebanon, saying it would attack if threatened by Hezbollah.
Carnegie Middle East Center director on fragile ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon

Leila Fadel

The historic ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon reveals a shifting role for Hezbollah in the decades-long war. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Maha Yahya of the Carnegie Middle East Center.