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Gordon Brown, the new U.K. prime minister, may be unpopular at home, but Economist editor Andrew Miller says he's forging a deeper friendship with President George Bush. Miller looks at Brown's emerging record.

For more on Zimbabwe's election process and what the results might mean for the country's future, Farai Chideya talks with Emira Woods, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies.

The Parrots are the Japanese version of The Beatles, and almost everything about them references the band, including their clothes, the venue they play, and their accents.

The sports world is drowning in March Madness. And while Duke's men's basketball team is a force to be reckoned with, the Duke women's team, the Blue Devils, are a powerhouse in their own right. Head coach Joanne P. McCallie talks about bringing the heat.

The New York Stock Exchange is merging with the European stock market Euronext. The deal would create an international stock trading network, with outposts in the U.S. and across Europe. The move is the biggest so far in a trend toward cross-border stock trading.

One week after it opened, Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 is cause for deep embarrassment for British Airways and the London airport's owners. Flights are still delayed, and thousands of passengers are still without their luggage.

Baljinder Mahal is the author of the book The Queen's Hinglish, a guide to the blending of Hindi and English by Indian immigrants to the U.K. She meets with Rob Gifford in the town of Derby in central England for some practical lessons in Hinglish.

San Diego editors review the top stories that impacted the region in 2009 and how they may play out in 2010.

California's legislative leaders have agreed on a plan to eliminate the state budget deficit. Now, the proposal goes to the full legislature for a vote. Could this be the week that California lawmakers approve a plan to close the state's $26.3 billion budget deficit? We talk to Sacramento Bee reporter Kevin Yamamura, and Political Consultant Leo McElroy about the latest news on the budget talks.

Fighting between rival factions in has claimed the lives of more than 800 people in Kenya. A U.S. diplomat says the situation has devolved into ethnic cleansing. Xan Rice, East Africa correspondent for the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper, reports on the latest attempts to negotiate a peace after a disputed presidential election.