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An immigration activist who was deported to Tijuana earlier this week has moved onto Mexico City. Elvira Arellano's quick change in plans has left a few unhappy activists in her wake. KPBS Reporter Am

Since the fall of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, the tiny Southeast Asian country has struggled to get back on its feet economically, politically and culturally. Tucked away in the capital city is Sethisak Khoun, a Western-trained tenor who exemplifies the nation's slow re-emergence.

Some 3,600 Liberians who came to the United States under a special immigration category have been told they must go home by October 1. Now that Liberia's civil war is over, the U.S. says there is no longer any reason for them to stay.

It is often thought that people lose interest in sex as they get older, but a new study finds that assumption is untrue. A survey of Americans ages 57 to 85 found that a majority are sexually active and value intimacy, although nearly half report sexual problems.

President Bush tells a group of veterans that he supports Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a day after a tepid endorsement of the Iraqi government. He also says U.S. troops are making progress.

The two governments, one secular and one Islamist, have shared an unlikely but strong bond over the last quarter-century, cemented by a mutual suspicion of Saddam Hussein.

As foreclosures continue to rise, regulators and others are questioning the role of credit agencies, which gave top ratings to risky mortgage-backed securities. Critics say the system, in which firms are paid by the companies they rate, is inherently flawed.

General David Petraeus's report on the Iraq war won't be delivered until next month, but already the White House and the military are dropping hints that the troop "surge" is showing progress. It's part of a strategy to get Congress and the public to support extending the surge into next year.

Hurricane Dean weakens after slamming into the Mexican coast as a Category 5 storm. The eye of the storm made landfall near Majahual, a popular port with cruise liners located about 40 miles east-northeast of Chetumal and the Belize border, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.