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Riots and street battles killed at least 156 people in China's western Xinjiang province, state media said Tuesday, and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the region in decades. Officials said the death toll was expected to rise.

One of the unique aspects of the economic crisis is how quickly it became a global problem. Several countries experienced bubbles almost simultaneously, and economic slowdowns are occurring worldwide. The question now is: Will globalization also mean the world economy will recover more quickly than it would have in less interconnected times?

Afghanistan is more violent than at any time since the war to oust the Taliban seven years ago. The most notable deterioration in security in recent months has been in Afghan provinces bordering Pakistan, places the U.S. military used to tout as the greatest success stories.

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President Bush is among 80 world leaders attending the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Beijing. NPR News Analyst Juan Williams and host Alex Chadwick discuss the who's who of leaders attending, and staying away from, the ceremony.

Police say gunmen assassinated a top Foreign Ministry official in Iraq Saturday, a death that came on the heels of a car bombing that claimed several more lives. Iraq's U.N. ambassador, Samir Sumaidaie, tells Jacki Lyden about the mounting toll of civilian casualties in his homeland.

More than 70 countries prosecute people on the grounds of their sexual orientation according to a new study, with punishments ranging from prison terms to death sentences. Even in places where sexual orientation isn't a crime, gay, lesbian and transgender people often face prejudice, harassment and violence.

A little more than six months after he took office in 1960, Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of Congo, was murdered under a tree in a remote province. Today, the Congolese still have a hot and cold relationship with their national hero.

Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) will hold a hearing this week on the growing crisis of Iraqi refugees and the U.S. responsibility to help them. Debbie Elliott speaks with Sen. Kennedy about the hearing and looks at the State Department's current refugee resettlement plans.