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Every morning, a group meets inside the U.S. State Department to come up with ways to respond to media around the world. The people in this room are just one part of an effort to repair a major problem: the declining image of the United States overseas.

Protests by immigration advocates have dotted the nation in response to a bill passed by the House that many criticize as an attack on Latinos in particular. The debate moves next to the Senate. One rally against the bill was organized by the United Farm Workers on Sunday in Los Angeles. Rob Schmitz of member station KQED reports.

The San Diego County's Airport Authority meeting today over whether it's possible to build a new airport on a military base. KPBS reporter Beth Ford Roth has the story.

Gavin Hood is a white South African who recalls being raised by a Zulu housekeeper and befriending her young son. But as boys grew older, they were separated. Because of apartheid and segregation, they were not allowed to attend the same schools. When Hood was ten-years-old, he recalls seeing a film called

Africa correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks with Farai Chideya about the latest news from the continent. This week: a call to extradite former Liberian President Charles Taylor to face a war crimes tribunal, and charges of genocide against journalists in Ethiopia are dropped.

An increase in drug busts and murders has people in New Orleans worried about the return of crime to the city. Police admit they're concerned that, while old criminals are gone, there may be new ones who see an opportunity to penetrate a drug market abandoned after Hurricane Katrina.

The prosecution rests in the first phase of the Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial. Prosecutors, seeking the death penalty, needed to convince the jury that at least one person who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks could have been saved if Moussaoui had told authorities about his involvement with al-Qaida's plans.

Six candidates have qualified to challenge four incumbents for seats on the San Diego city council. However none of them has attracted significant funding to back their ambitions so far. KPBS repo

General Motors and Delphi, its former subsidiary, will offer early retirement and buy-out packages to more than 100,000 workers. In a deal negotiated with the United Auto Workers union, GM will offer incentives ranging from $35,000 to $140,000 each. While some workers said they were waiting to see the details, many said they doubted the package was attractive enough to induce them to retire. Jerome Vaughn of Detroit Public Radio reports.

Forced out of Zimbabwe by President Robert Mugabe's infamous land-reform program, a group of white farmers is taking advantage of a second chance in Nigeria. The governor of Nwara state hopes to harness their expertise to help Nigeria learn to feed itself.