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Ann Wroe dreams of death and writes of life. The obituary editor for The Economist magazine says she likes to "get to the point" of a person's life story. Hunter S. Thompson's obit led with guns. Anna Nicole Smith's prominently spoke of Breasts, with a capital B.

Kenya's president calls for an end to ethnic violence that has killed more than 300 people in the wake of contested elections, and the attorney general calls for an independent body to verify the vote tally. Meantime, riot police in Nairobi fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse opposition supporters trying to protest.

Tony Perry, the San Diego Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times, is heading back to Iraq for the sixth time. We ask Tony why he is going back, what he expects to see, and how he manages life in a wa

President Pervez Musharraf says uncertainty remains about how opposition leader Benazir Bhutto died and rejects claims that the government was involved. Reports said she died when a bomb blast thrust her head into the sunroof of her vehicle, fracturing her skull.

Kenya's disputed presidential election triggers an explosion of violence along tribal lines. Rob Crilly, of the The Times of London, and Chris Hennemeyer, of the International Foundation for Election Systems, explain the tensions.

Hundreds of people have been killed in tribal violence that has rocked Kenya since its disputed election on Sunday. For the latest developments, Farai Chideya talks with Alicia Ryu, East Africa Bureau Chief for Voice of America, based in Nairobi.

As the death toll mounts in Kenya following a disputed election, a history teacher in McLean, Va., fears for his family back home in the Kibera slum. Ken Okoth helps them get to safety in Tanzania. Now he worries about children from an orphanage he runs.

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank's new book, Homo Politicus offers a humorous "anthropological" study of the people and rules that govern Potomac Land, the place otherwise known as Washington.

Elections in Pakistan have been postponed for six weeks. The country's election commission announced Wednesday that they'll be on Feb. 18. President Pervez Musharraf defended the decision in a nationwide television address and announced that experts from Britain's Scotland Yard will help investigate Benazir Bhutto's assassination.

Among the many new laws going into effect with the New Year is the city of San Diego's one year ban on alcohol at the beach. But if opponents have their way, the new law may be short lived. KPBS repor