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Since the crisis in Darfur erupted three years ago, Sudanese refugees have poured across the border seeking shelter in neighboring Chad. Now, the conflict has followed them, with more attacks by Arab Janjaweed militiamen.

A music-filled play that has performed to sold-out audiences in Rio de Janeiro provides a searing look at race and inequality in Brazil, home to the hemisphere's largest black population. The theme of subterfuge is at the heart of the work.

President Bush meets with the top Sunni leader in the Iraqi government, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, as the White House continues to review the situation in Iraq. Hashimi heads the Iraq Islamic Party, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. Since he joined the government last spring, Hashimi's sister and two other relatives have been murdered by Sunni insurgents.

What would you do if you were given two weeks with no responsibility and the permission to focus on yourself? Would you get perspective?

Put Your Oxygen Mask on First

Kweh Say is part of a team of human rights activists who cross the border into Burma and document government atrocities with video cameras. It's a dangerous job.

The Iraqi government is concerned that the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group may have a negative impact on the administration of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Shia and Sunni Muslims in Iraq continue to clash violently, and their conflict appears to have no solution. Juan Cole, Professor of Middle East History at the University of Michigan, talks with Andrea Seabrook about the differences between the two Islamic sects and why the differences seem so intractable.

John Hulsman and Anatol Lieven, scholars from opposite political camps, say America's foreign policy is flawed because it's based on idealism and moral imperatives. They advocate an alternative approach called "ethical realism."

Much of the attention this week is swirling around the Pope and Turkey's Muslims. But Turkey's religious minorities have their own challenges, especially Christians. They make up less than half a percent of the country's population.