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Negotiations to ease the crisis in Fallujah produce a ceasefire that provides amnesty for insurgents who disarm and refrain from future attacks, but U.S. forces remain poised to strike the Iraqi city if the pact fails. Officials from Fallujah, U.S. authorities and the Iraqi Governing Council met over the past three days in an effort to end the standoff. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Worried that Beijing's pollution will impair their athletic perfomance, some Olympians plan to stay away from the Chinese capital when they're not actually competing.

Depression is the subject of a new documentary airing on KPBS. The Misunderstood Epidemic: Depression explores how depression can happen to anyone regardless of age, race, or socioeconomic background. We discuss the disease, its effect on people's lives and the treatments available.

A third day of preliminary hearing produced more details and more denials in the case of a wealthy Tijuana businessman kidnapped in Chula Vista earlier this summer. It's a case of possible kidnapping

A modest free trade deal with Colombia has turned into a partisan brawl on Capitol Hill after the president provocatively sent the proposal to Congress with a 90-day deadline. The Democratic-led House voted to remove the timetable, which would have forced a potentially unpopular election-year vote.

By nominating Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, President Obama presents Republicans with a tough choice: They risk alienating women and Hispanics if they oppose Sotomayor — who would be the first Hispanic on the court — or alienating conservatives if they don't.

President Barack Obama delivers his first official State of the Union address tonight. KPBS political correspondent Gloria Penner will discuss the issues and topics that will be at the top of his agenda.

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Have Democrats Found a Political Fix for the Iraq War?

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