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Celebratory gunfire was heard in Shiite neighborhoods on the news that Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death. But in Sunni areas, angry pro-Saddam demonstrators attacked U.S. forces. In the north of the country, Kurds were relatively quiet.

Getting Republican voters to the polls is one tactic the GOP is using to try to turn the political tide that's running against the party. In Iowa, as in other states, the Republicans are targeting voters that the party thinks would vote for their candidates. The Democrats are doing the same thing, but with less discipline.

Increasing numbers of voters are taking to the mailbox instead of their local polling station. What does a rise in the absentee vote mean in overall voter participation?

California-born Adam Gadahn is the first American to be charged with treason since the World War II era. The indictment follows his appearance in five al-Qaida videos, in which he makes threats against the United Sates.

In the Ivory Coast capital of Abidjan, some residents recently woke to find their neighborhoods inundated with hundreds of tons of toxic sludge. Tony Cox talks with New York Times Africa correspondent Lydia Polgreen about the incident and the company suspected of flooding the capital.

China, India and parts of Latin America have made headway recently in fighting poverty, disease and illiteracy. But social progress in Africa has lagged, hampered by persistent wars across the continent.

German-born Pope Benedict the 16th returns to his native Bavaria and delivers an open-air Mass in Munich. His journey is more than a nostalgic homecoming -- it's intended to bring Germans raised in the Catholic Church back into the fold.

Investigators are trying to understand how a Comair plane that crashed Sunday in Kentucky ended up taking off on a runway that was too short for the plane. The crash in Lexington killed 49 people. The only survivor is the co-pilot, who is in critical condition.

New York Times researcher Zhao Yan has been sentenced to three years in prison by a Chinese court that convicted him of fraud. He was found not guilty of revealing state secrets, a charge related to a 2004 report that Chinese President Jiang Zemin would give up his post as head of the military.

Tom Ricks, a reporter for the Washington Post and author of the book Fiasco, says he's seen a persistent disconnect between U.S. strategy and U.S. tactics in Iraq. Ricks tells Steve Inskeep that the current U.S. strategy is being undermined by questionable tactics.