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The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a plan that would give the nearly 12 million undocumented workers now living in the United States a path to citizenship. The debate now moves to the full Senate. NPR's Jennifer Ludden helps explain the politics and policies involved.

The international community is rallying behind Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he faces off with the Islamic militant group Hamas. But he is also facing a key battle in his own party, over controlling Fatah's militant wing, the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades.

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Experts say it's the only crime that offenders are more likely to repeat with age: sexual abuse. And now, prison wards around the country are filling up with geriatric sex offenders. Laura Sullivan takes an inside look at one Pennsylvania prison.

Analyst Evan Kohlmann talks with Renee Montagne about al-Qaida's public relations arm and multimedia production team, al-Sahab. The group produced a video that connected al-Qaida to the USS Cole bombing in 2000, and has since produced high-quality videos and audio tapes about al-Qaida's activities around the world.

The U.N. Security Council is inching closer to a vote on imposing economic sanctions on Iran for its continuing enrichment of uranium. Iran is reacting with growing alarm to the prospect of U.N. sanctions. If adopted, the sanctions would initially be moderate.

American and Afghan forces are on the offensive as Afghanistan's September election approaches. Afghan security forces say they killed a number of insurgents over the weekend. And the U.S military has been searching for insurgents along the border with Pakistan. Knight-Ridder correspondent Jonathan Landay says the Taliban is offering stiff resistance, despite the U.S. offensive.

Lt. Gen. David Petraeus arrives this week as the new U.S. commander in Iraq. His career has been marked by building and maintaining key relationships with superiors and subordinates.

Many investors loaded up on condos and other properties during the real-estate boom, hoping to sell them quickly at big profits. Now, with prices falling, some of them are in real trouble. One 24-year-old investor has started the Web site: iamfacingforeclosure.com.

How is the internet increasing learning opportunities for people, and revolutionizing education around the world? We speak to the author of the new book "The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education."