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Lebanon suffered a blow when an opposition candidate defeated a former president in a tense parliament by-election. The vote to replace two assassinated anti-Syrian legislators turned into a showdown between the pro-U.S. government and opponents supported by Syria and Iran.

The House and Senate passed bills to extend and expand the program, called S-CHIP, that provides health insurance to children of the working poor. President Bush has vowed a veto. And some claims about the measure don't stand up to scrutiny.

The Institutional Revolutionary Party is trying to make a comeback in Sunday's election for governor of the Mexican state of Baja California. The party's candidate is Tijuana's former mayor, the flamboyant billionaire and gambling magnate Jorge Hank Rhon.

Eight U.S. students graduate from medical school in Cuba. Fidel Castro established the program in 2007, offering full scholarships to foreign students willing to practice in underserved areas. Although the U.S. has banned trade with Cuba, the State Department has not opposed the program.

Now with the third film, Bourne is still hellbent on both revenge and finding out exactly who he is. Still on his case is Pam Landy (Joan Allen), a tough but honest agent who wants to bring Bourne in alive, and new on his case is Noah Vosen (David Strathairn), a CIA chief with little regard for human life or regulations. Bourne gets a break in his quest when a London journalist (Paddy Considine) writes a story about a CIA program called Blackbriar, and appears to have talked to a well-informed CIA source that may know something about Bourne's identity. As Bourne tries to track down the source, Vosen tries to track down and eliminate Bourne. The cat and mouse game takes Bourne all around the globe and finally back home to New York for a showdown.

This week, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen will decide if the state should move forward with plans to use electronic voting machines in February's presidential primary election. Also, a coa

Javed Hashmi, an arch-critic of the Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, was convicted in 2004 on charges that rights and opposition groups alleged were politically motivated. His release could bolster resistance against Musharraf when he seeks reelection from lawmakers in the fall.

The film opens with Moliere (Romain Duris) returning to Paris after successfully touring the provinces with his farces. Now faced with an opportunity to perform for royalty, Moliere feels the need to perform a tragedy, which he apparently loved more than doing farce. But everyone urges him to do what he does best--a farce. This prompts the film to jump back in time some thirteen years to when Moliere was on the run from creditors, and in danger of serving prison time for the debt. But then fate steps in and he's hired by Monsieur Jourdain (Fabrice Luchini), a wealthy bourgeois gentleman in need of assistance in winning the affection of a beautiful marquise (Ludivine Sagnier). Moliere assumes the name Tartuffe (which would later be the name of one of his most successful plays) and the identity of a priest so that he can work with Jourdain and not incur the suspicions of Jourdain's wife Elmire (Laura Morante).

On Sunday, August 5th, Mexican voters head to the polls to cast their ballots for a new governor of Baja California. What impact will this election have on Mexico-California relations? Border experts

The Darfur conflict may be coming closer to an end following the United Nations Security Council's unanimous decision to deploy a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force to Sudan's troubled region. Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer talks about the recent developments.