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Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University, and Kevin Merida of the Washington Post, discuss the book Come On People, co-authored by Bill Cosby and Dr. Alvin Poussaint. Dyson has been a vocal critic of Cosby, calling him an out-of-touch elitist. Dyson and Merida talk about the plight of black men and where to find common ground with Cosby.

Admired for its green living, Japan has trouble meeting its limits for carbon dioxide emissions. Lifestyle changes and industry emissions contribute to the rising CO2 levels.

India's prime minister has raised fresh doubts about a landmark nuclear-energy accord with the U.S., telling President Bush that his government was having "certain difficulties" finalizing the deal, which has faced mounting domestic opposition.

In one of his most public meetings with a U.S. president, the Dalai Lama is set to receive Congress' highest honor. The ceremony comes at a bad time for China, which is angered by the award.

Writer-director Andrew Dominik begins his meditation on the outlaw on an interesting note. There's an initial sense of poetry as a narrator paints a portrait of James (played by an initially golden Brad Pitt) against a backdrop of beautiful shots of the old west. The images are soft and out of focus on the periphery of the frame as if to warn us that what we are about to see is not a clear-sighted recounting of the facts but rather something filtered through memory or time. In these initial moments, there's even a hint of the kind of poetry that graced Terence Malick's

Chinese leader Hu Jintao promises to make communist rule more inclusive and better spread the fruits of China's economic boom during a nationally broadcast speech to China's Communist Party congress.

Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war left thousands dead or maimed and the country's infrastructure in ruins. Affairs in the West African country may be on the road to recovery after a recent democratic transfer of power. President Ernest Bai Koroma hopes to move his nation forward.

Congressional advocates of expanding the federally-funded Children Health Insurance Program will try to override President Bush's veto this week. San Diego Congressman Brian Bilbray says he doesn't su

Barack Obama says military force is not the only option for dealing with Iran. In an NPR interview, the presidential candidate continued to criticize fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton on her foreign diplomacy positions.

Members of Congress who are drafting climate change legislation see the announcement of former Vice President Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize as great news. They hope to get their bills passed by early next year, but there are still obstacles ahead.