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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Kenya on Monday. Washington wants President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga to strike a power-sharing agreement to end violence that has plagued the nation since the December presidential election.

The parliament of Kosovo, the autonomous region of Serbia, has declared its independence, spurred by the region's majority ethnic Albanians. The move comes nine years after the United States and NATO began airstrikes against Serbian military targets in the former Yugoslavia.

The past week's tension in Chad has further destabilized the Darfur region and stalled a U.N. peacekeeping mission. U.N. special envoy to Darfur, Ambassador Jan Eliasson, talks about the crisis.

Taliban militants continue to grow in strength and influence in Pakistan, particularly in the country's northwest region. In the lead-up to parliamentary voting next week there have bombs and suicide attacks.

Israel plans to replace Asian cooks in Japanese, Chinese and Thai restaurants to cut back on foreign workers. Now the workers are staging selective strikes, refusing to serve popular food.

One in four California children has never seen a dentist. A new report from the California Healthcare Foundation reveals wide disparities in dental visits among different ethnic groups. KPBS Reporter

The breakaway province of Kosovo is expected to declare its independence from Serbia this weekend. But the official separation can't take place until a new constitution has been approved by parliament. One of the biggest issues still being discussed is about guaranteeing the rights of ethnic minorities.

The northern Iraqi city of Mosul is the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in the country now. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said Mosul is where al-Qaida in Iraq is making its last stand. U.S. commanders don't see it that way, but there is no doubting the heavy insurgent presence in the city.

In Kenya, more than 1,000 people have died in ethnic violence following disputed elections in late December and more than 300,000 more have been driven from their homes. The turmoil has flared through all parts of the country. The violence has taken a particularly heavy toll on the nation's vital tourism industry.

There has been a big drop in violence in Baghdad since the U.S. troop surge was launched a year ago. But sectarian divisions have been enshrined in concrete and enforced by security groups that mistrust each other.