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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri is supporting Hillary Clinton for president, but Democrats in his state went for Barack Obama. He discusses the challenges that face those whose personal allegiances run counter to the political will of their constituents.

The 2003 Medicare prescription drug bill had a hidden provision that's about to cause a huge political headache. If certain types of Medicare spending grow too fast, the provision calls for the administration and Congress to act to rein it in. Now, that action has been "triggered," with potentially devastating — and politically unpopular — cuts coming in the middle of an election year.

Kenya's feuding political factions have agreed to an independent review of a disputed December election that prompted bloody unrest, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday. Annan, chief mediator, said a power-sharing agreement has not been worked out, but he said negotiators are making progress.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it "makes sense" to temporarily halt the gradual reduction of forces in Iraq. The Washington Post's Ann Scott Tyson reports.

Amid a climate of insecurity, Pakistan holds parliamentary elections on Monday. Residents widely believe the vote will be rigged, and many expect violence to break out if President Pervez Musharraf's unpopular party does well.

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With the collapse of Italy's center-left government coalition, early elections will be held in April. Early polls favor former prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. But the center-left is presenting a new face, Walter Veltroni, a "Mr. Nice Guy" who has already shaken up the political arena.

As California's highest court prepares to take up a case seeking to legalize same-sex marriage, two groups that failed to get gay marriage bans on the state ballot two years ago are trying again, one

A Valentine To Hong Kong's Rapturously Romantic Filmmaker

Theresia Ndumbu, who sells beads and African clothing at Nairobi City Market, talks about how she's been affected by the country's political turmoil.