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The military leaders controlling Egypt after President Hosni Mubarak's ouster have pledged to turn over power in a matter of months. As they work with civilians toward transition to a democratically elected government, trust is key; the army has vested interests and has shown no fondness for democracy in the past.

New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller explains why the paper decided to publish the classified dispatches and cables from WikiLeaks, the effect those documents had in Tunisia and Egypt, and why he came to regard WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as indifferent to the people whose lives were at risk.

We'll speak to lê thi diem thúy, author of “The Gangster We Are All Looking For,” the KPBS One Book selection for 2011.

Mideast analyst Stephen P. Cohen, who has been in touch with Egypt's leadership, says two of the Egyptian president's closest allies are working on a two-step plan that would see the removal of lawmakers whose election was seen as illegitimate and the organization of new elections.

Hosni Mubarak swore in a new government to replace one dissolved as a concession to protesters. But opponents are going ahead with plans for mass protests Tuesday, which they hope will attract 1 million people to the streets.

Defying a ban on protests, activists hurled firebombs and rocks at police a day after staging demonstrations across Egypt to demand an end to President Hosni Mubarak's rule. Officials said more than 800 protesters had been detained.

And this time it’s not WikiLeaks.

Millions of people in southern Sudan hope to soon become citizens of a new country. The New America Foundation's Parag Khanna says the world will be more peaceful if other minority groups worldwide realize their own aspirations for statehood.

San Diego blues singer Candye Kane performs excerpts of her new stage show "The Toughest Girl Alive."

Analysts say the Washington visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao could be among the most pivotal state visits in U.S. history. It will also be among the most complicated. President Obama and Hu each have to deal with domestic constituencies, and the two nations are locked together at multiple levels.