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Kenya has one of the lowest rates of women in elected positions of leadership, with only 8 percent of seats in government. Swanee Hunt, of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, talks about the role of women in the Kenyan government.

Journalists from around the world are gathering in China for the Beijing Summer Olympics and their access to some Internet sites is being blocked. China had pledged to provide media with unrestricted access to the Internet.

Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo to discuss the crisis in Gaza as the Israeli military operation there, as well as Palestinian rocket fire into Israel, continued for a fifth day. But as often happens at Arab League meetings, while the rhetoric was strong, the unity of purpose was scarce.

A group of World Bank employees charged with fighting corruption turned against Bank President Paul Wolfowitz this week. It's more bad news for Wolfowitz, who is preparing to face the World Bank committee that's investigating him on Monday.

The San Diego Unified school district is exploring a parcel tax for local school funding and has voted to begin a feasibility study.

Artist and filmmaker Chen Zhong is taking photos, shooting a video and putting up an art installation in Kaixian as an homage to the Chinese city. By the fall, Kaixian will be submerged in the reservoir created by the Three Gorges Dam.

Alvin and Once Make Strange Bedfellows

Congress defeats legislation that would have required all Internet traffic to be treated equally as it moves across the network. Telephone and cable companies want to start charging higher rates for faster and preferential connections.

Seven decades ago, pioneer aerial photographer Bradford Washburn flew over Alaska's glaciers, documenting their splendor. Now, a Boston photojournalist is recreating Washburn's images to document the impact of global warming.

Nearly a half century ago, amid suspicion and fears of McCarthyism, folk singer Pete Seeger faced an ultimatum from the San Diego school district: Sign an oath against communism or cancel a concert he