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Many scientists think stem-cell research holds a lot of promise, but many oppose it on ethical grounds. Dr. Jeanne Loring, the new director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine at the Scripps Resea

This week, Zimbabweans go to the polls, as opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai tries to unseat longtime leader Robert Mugabe. Farai Chideya speaks with exiled journalist Violet Gonda, a Zimbawean journalist with SW Radio Africa.

Yousef Raza Gilani orders the release of deposed chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry from house arrest Monday, prompting speculation that the Pakistan's supreme court may be reinstated. The move deals a blow to President Pervez Musharraf.

Wall Street investment bank JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay more money for the troubled securities firm Bear Stearns. Last week, Bear Stearns almost melted down because of the credit crisis, and JPMorgan hoped to scoop up the firm at a fire-sale price. Then, top shareholders in Bears Stearns balked.

Pakistan's parliament on Monday chose Yousaf Raza Gilani, a loyalist of slain leader Benazir Bhutto, as the nation's new prime minister. Gilani, a longtime aide to Bhutto, moved quickly to challenge the unpopular President Pervez Musharraf by ordering the immediate release of all judges detained under the president's orders.

Pakistan's National Assembly elected a new prime minister Monday. Yousaf Raza Gilani is the official head of a coalition government, dominated by the two parties that swept last month's elections and packed with outspoken opponents of President Pervez Musharraf.

Onboard a modern ocean liner, travel to the frozen continent is a far cry from the life-risking affair that it was for early explorers. But Antarctica's allure is still just as powerful.

Many of the rebels who helped foster Ireland's quest for independence were imprisoned — and executed — at Kilmainham Jail in Dublin. The jail was restored beginning in the 1960s and is now a national heritage site.

The crackdown in Tibet has attracted the attention of human-rights activists. On Monday, the Olympic flame begins an 85,000-mile journey on its way to Beijing, site of the 2008 Olympics. Protesters plan to dog torch bearers along the way.