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Dictators scoff at President Bush's thrashing in a U.N. speech charging violations of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights. They say President Bush's hands drip with the blood of innocent Iraqis. Observers note that the U.S. war on terror is stripping the U.S. of moral high ground.

Former teen heartthrob Andrew McCarthy heads around the world to confront his own issues on intimacy and commitment in his new memoir, The Longest Way Home.

Asha Rose Migiro was selected as deputy security general of the United Nations earlier this year, the second most powerful post in the international organization. Migiro discusses her life growing up in Tanzania and her rise to power as a female in the developing world.

The U.N. says more than 3,500 people have died in Syria's eight-month cycle of protests and government crackdowns. Residents of Homs, the third largest city in the country, report fierce fighting as government forces try to regain control of the city.

A Libya-Egypt border post was controlled Tuesday by armed men who described themselves as "free Libyan troops." There were no signs of police or any Libyan authorities. Moammar Gadhafi appeared on state TV to show he was still in charge.

The U.N. Security Council votes to toughen sanctions on Iran, which is being punished for refusing to halt its uranium-enrichment programs. The measures approved Saturday include a ban on exports of firearms.

This Culture Lust Weekend: Plastic Fantastic at the OMA, movie night with Josephine Baker, and the S.D. Opera goes to Paris.

Roughly one-third of Egyptians voted in the country's first round of parliamentary elections, and Islamist parties scored big victories. That's given some liberal Egyptians and observers pause. Ed Husain, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, talks about Egypt's Islamist parties.

At the United Nations, President Obama said the attacks that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya "were attacks on America." Also in New York, Mitt Romney said U.S. foreign aid plays an important role, but that U.S. policies must promote independence, not reliance on aid.

John Lueth Ukec, Sudanese envoy in Washington, D.C., offers his views on efforts to resolve the conflict in Darfur. Andrew Natsios, President Bush's Special Envoy for Sudan, offers additional thoughts.