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Climate experts are trying to come up with new ways to cut emissions of greenhouse gases after the current international climate treaty expires in 2012. One proposal is to pay developing countries to stop cutting down trees. The experts are gathering in Bali, Indonesia.

More than 300 refugees from Myanmar have arrived in San Diego this year, fleeing from an oppressive regime. Many of them are families who were forced to leave the country decades ago and live in refug

In Venezuela, millions of people turned out to vote Sunday in a controversial referendum that, if approved, would fundamentally alter the country's political and economic model and give President Hugo Chavez broad new powers. One of the provisions would allow Chavez to run for reelection indefinitely.

President Vladimir Putin's party looked set to win a resounding victory in Sunday's parliamentary election. Early results give the United Russia party about 63 percent of the vote in an election Putin turned into a referendum on his rule.

Venezuelans vote Sunday on a slate of constitutional reforms that would give President Hugo Chavez greater powers and lift limits on presidential terms. Opponents say this is a power grab by an authoritarian leader. Polls suggest the referendum may be defeated.

Russians vote in parliamentary elections on Sunday. They are expected to give the pro-Kremlin United Russia Party an overwhelming majority. So some are questioning why the authorities have risked discrediting the vote by cracking down on opposition groups.

An ice storm was not enough to keep the Democratic presidential candidates from meeting in Des Moines for a debate focusing on issues of concern to minority voters. During the debate, candidates were permitted to question each other.

Venezuelans will vote Sunday on proposed changes to their constitution, which would give more power to President Hugo Chavez. Juan Forero talks about the latest from the country's controversial leader.

Venezuelans go to the polls Sunday to vote on a hefty set of constitutional reforms that would give President Hugo Chavez greater power and also lift presidential term limits. But in the run-up to the vote, several key Chavez supporters have turned against him. Plus, a number of polls suggest that Chavez's proposed reforms may be defeated at the ballot box.

On the 14th anniversary of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" legislation, a group of retired military officers release a letter opposing the policy and urging leniency on gays and lesbians in the military. On the National Mall on Friday, gay and lesbian groups protested the legislation.