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Investigations into the killing of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto are still under way, as Pakistan prepares for elections Feb. 18. Najam Sethi, a newspaper editor in Pakistan, discusses the mood there leading up to the election.

Last week, rebels in Chad battled government forces for several days. The fighting sent tens of thousands of civilians streaming out of the country. Since the fighting ended, Chadians have started slowly returning. Lydia Polgreen, West Africa Bureau Chief for The New York Times, talks about the situation.

Bolivia's first indigenous president, whose striped sweater became his emblem, is marking his second year in office with greater state control over the oil and gas industry and a new draft constitution. But the accomplishments of Evo Morales have also exposed deep ethnic and class divides inside the nation.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon joins efforts to calm post-election violence in Kenya. Negotiations to end the crisis were postponed Thursday after a second opposition lawmaker was killed — one of more than 850 deaths in a month of unrest.

The killing of an opposition politician added new fuel to the violence in Kenya on Tuesday as former United Nations chief Kofi Annan renewed efforts to mediate an end to the monthlong crisis. Government helicopters fired on mobs rioting in the Rift Valley, and clashes broke out in and around Nairobi.

Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy is endorsing Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. Kennedy characterized Obama as a "man with extraordinary gifts of leadership and character" during a rally in Washington on Monday.

Ethnic strife has intensified in Kenya's Rift Valley. At least 19 people died in battles Sunday between two of the nation's largest tribes. Violence following recent elections has prompted mediation efforts by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

The Rift Valley, known for its picturesque wildlife, is now the scene of growing ethnic strife. What started as an electorial matter, has now ignited old tribal conflicts. NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton attempts to get to the root of the problem.

Kenya's disputed presidential election has caused ethnic clashes that have put the country at a bloody and violent impasse. Kenyans discuss the probability of peace.

South Korea cinema has been booming since about 1999 with locally produced films often out grossing Hollywood fare at the Korean box office. Films such as