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North Korea may launch a controversial three-stage rocket as early as Saturday. The long-range rocket would be similar to an intercontinental ballistic missile, but would carry a satellite. Obama has said the launch would strain the diplomatic process with North Korea, and Japan has already sent warships toward the North Korean coast.

How will stability and peace be achieved in the Middle East? We'll talk with Israel's ambassador to the UN about her country's role in the region.

Instead of gathering leaders from the Group of Eight to talk about the financial crisis, the Group of 20 is converging on Washington, D.C., this week. The Bush administration is playing down expectations, but economic experts say pressure will be put on the new Obama administration.

Transcript of President Obama's victory speech in Chicago on Tuesday. Source: Federal News Service

Transcript of President Obama's victory speech in Chicago on Tuesday. Source: Federal News Service

Transcript of President Obama's victory speech in Chicago on Tuesday. Source: Federal News Service

The guns fell silent for three hours Wednesday in the Gaza Strip as both Israel and Hamas observed what's being called a humanitarian truce, aimed at bringing food and medical supplies into Gaza. Both Israel's operations and Hamas rocket attacks resumed after the lull.

Newt Gingrich made a fortune from the businesses he started after leaving Congress in 1999. Washington Post reporter Karen Tumulty explains how Gingrich "transfigured himself from a political flameout into a thriving business conglomerate."

After years of attracting foreign investment, China is now investing overseas itself, and the country is increasingly using its diplomatic muscle. Those changes have brought new risk and responsibility for a country with a long-stated policy of not interfering.

Ambassador Chris Stevens and four other Americans died Tuesday after a mob attacked the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya in protest of a film that mocks Islam. In Egypt, protesters stormed the U.S. embassy in Cairo. These attacks raise concerns about U.S. policy in the region.