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It could be a busy week in Washington, D.C. as lawmakers try to work out a spending plan to prevent a possible government shutdown. We speak to NPR White House Correspondent about the budget negotiations, the president's reelection announcement, and the nationwide unemployment rate.

Why did the U.S. decide to get involved in the ongoing battle between Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and rebels aimed at overthrowing Gadhafi's government? We discuss the latest news coming out of Libya with KPBS Military Blogger Beth Ford Roth.

Despite the strikes, Moammar Gadhafi's troops lashed back, bombarding the rebel-held city of Misurata with artillery and tanks. Gadhafi said he won't let up on the anti-government rebellion in the east, even after the U.S. and its European allies targeted his troops with airstrikes.

How might the uprisings in Libya, Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain and Egypt affect global politics? And, what role should the United States play in shaping the future of the Middle East and North Africa? We discuss the latest news on the political unrest in Libya and its surrounding countries.

What's fueling the political uprisings that are happening across the Arab world? How is the unrest in Libya different from the events that recently took place in Egypt? We speak to a pair of local experts about what these changes could mean for Northern Africa and the Middle East.

Japanese Americans who were denied a college education at San Diego State more than 60 years ago received honorary degrees Monday. It's part of a statewide initiative to make amends to these former students.

Revelers across the globe at least temporarily shelved worries about their future prospects to bid farewell to "The Noughties," a bitter-tinged nickname for the first decade of the 21st century playing on a term for zero and evoking the word naughty.

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The Nobel Committee's decision to award Obama the prize is primarily for changing the tone of American policy, but real accomplishments are yet to come, several foreign policy observers said.

The only man convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, was freed from a Scottish prison on what Scottish authorities call "compassionate grounds." He is terminally ill with cancer. Guests examine the limits of compassion.