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President Ibrahim Rugova is mourned in Kosovo by ethnic Albanians he led and by European and U.S. officials who hailed him as a voice of moderation in the turbulent Balkans. Talks on the future of Kosovo have been delayed until February.

Rebels in Libya continue to prepare for a final push on Bani Walid, one of the last strongholds of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. As rebel forces continue to topple key cities, questions arise about what happens next. NPR foreign correspondent Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, New York Times foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid and Fouad Ajami, a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, discuss the rapidly evolving situation in Libya and the country's next steps.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is expected to win reelection next week, in the country's first multi-candidate presidential elections. Mubarak will face nine challengers, all of whom are struggling to get their message out.

Britain, France and other NATO allies will provide fighter jets for missions to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, in a handoff slated to take place Monday evening. In the east, rebels gained ground in the battle for a strategic oil port.

Valdete Idrizi, a 34-year-old ethnic Albanian who survived the ethnic violence in Kosovo in the 1990s, has reached out to her Serb neighbors. She has faced death threats from Kosovar Albanian militants. But she also received an International Woman of Courage award from the U.S. Secretary of State.

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.

Chad has detained 17 Europeans in an adoption case gone wrong, including journalists and an air crew.

Six people associated with a French charity have been charged with kidnapping after attempting to take 103 African children out of Chad and place them with families in Europe, authorities said Tuesday.

The news from Africa includes a presidential election in Senegal on Sunday featuring an octogenarian incumbent and 14 challengers. And violence from Sudan's Darfur region continues to spill into neighboring Chad.