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Democratic and GOP presidential candidates welcomed the new year at parties and events across Iowa in the final stretch before caucus-goers open the 2008 presidential voting season. Polls indicate the race may be too close to call.

Kenyan police battle crowds of protesters, as opponents of President Mwai Kibaki take to the streets to decry the Kikuyu leader's allegedly fraudulent re-election.

Parliamentary elections looked headed for a delay of several weeks despite a call from supporters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and other politicians that they go ahead as scheduled on Jan. 8. Meanwhile, a newly released video of Bhutto's assassination raises doubts about the official explanation of her death.

The chaos following the assassination of Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto may mean the parliamentary elections she planned to contest will be postponed. Government officials are due to decide Tuesday whether to go ahead with the vote now scheduled for next week.

2007 will be remembered as an explosive year in San Diego: wildfires, scandals, and historic trials. KPBS News captured the stories and sounds of the news over the past year. KPBS reporter Andrew Phel

In an emotional ceremony, the late Benazir Bhutto's nineteen-year-old son took his mother's place and was appointed chair of the Pakistan People's Party, Sunday. NPR's Philip Reeves reports from Pakistan.

Thousands turned out to pay respects to Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, who was buried in a family mausoleum near Karachi. New information has come to light about the final moments before her motorcade was attacked Thursday. Her assassination set off riots, but the violence seems to be subsiding.

Medical marijuana users in San Diego have a new ally in their battle to get ID cards. County officials are opposed to the law but Mayor Jerry Sanders says he supports providing pot for medical purpos

Raila Odinga, the opposition leader in Kenya, looks likely to unseat incumbent President Mwai Kibaki, an unofficial tally of the votes shows. The election was only the second democratic vote in Kenya's history.

People in Pakistan are burning train stations and ripping up railroad tracks in the wake of the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Some train services are suspended. The former prime minister was laid to rest in a family mausoleum that holds the remains of her father.