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Zimbabwe sees political unrest, as President Robert Mugabe attempts to postpone the country's presidential election. Meanwhile, thousands of protesters take to the streets after Mugabe refuses to let an opposition party host a public rally. Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks with Farai Chideya.

Sallai Meridor recently arrived in Washington to serve as Israel's ambassador to the United States. His tenure begins at an important juncture: The Middle East peace process is in a multi-sided stalemate. And the region is adjusting to the news that Iran has defied the United Nations in enriching uranium.

Next month, the United States will enter its fifth year of war in Iraq. The conflict has had a deep impact on communities across the country — and perhaps nowhere more than Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, home to two active military divisions.

Lt. Gen. William Odom explains his op-ed that appeared in The Washington Post on Feb. 11 where he laid out his reasons why the United State will not be able to achieve victory in Iraq.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced the start of a phased withdrawal of British troops from southern Iraq. And British soldiers would begin to withdraw from the country entirely if security conditions allow, Blair said. His plan calls for 1,600 personnel to leave by the end of 2007.

The federal appeals court has upheld the controversial detainee bill known as the Military Commissions Act. In a 2-1 ruling, the court said the measure constitutionally wiped out all of the pending court cases from detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., rules that detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have no right to challenge their detention in U.S. courts. The case is expected to move on to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Russian opposition leaders say officials are banning their parties from taking part in local elections across the country next month. They say their candidates are being struck off ballots on technicalities. They say this is the Kremlin's latest assault against democracy.

Former chess champion Garry Kasparov has brought together a coalition of opposition parties for Russia's 2008 elections. Critics say Russian President Vladimir Putin has consolidated so much power that the country's democracy is in jeopardy.

Opponents of a U.S. military base expansion in Italy take to the streets of Vicenza. The Pentagon wants to double the size of the base. Italy's fragile coalition government has approved, but the issue is caught up in the war in Iraq and Italy's role in NATO's presence in Afghanistan.