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Today's airstrikes on two Somali airports could mark the beginning of a fourth war between Ethiopia and Somalia -- one that could draw neighboring countries into the fight. Herman Cohen, former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, talks with Robert Siegel about the roots of the emerging conflict in the Horn of Africa.

A vicious storm last week left hundreds of thousands without power in the Pacific Northwest. In Seattle, thousands are still waiting for electricity.

The fantasy novel

Eragon

A doctor with the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reveals the signs of holiday depression and offers tips on how to avoid it.

When the last Soviet general left Afghanistan in 1989, he declared that none of his soldiers were left behind. But at least one never went home. Gennady Tseuma was captured by mujahedeen fighters and forced to become a Muslim.

In the Midwest, socked by a winter storm, four more deaths have been reported in Missouri, pushing the toll to 19. Hundreds of thousands are still waiting for electricity to be restored. Temperatures across much of the region hovered in the teens and 20s Monday, slowing down cleanup efforts. Tom Weber of member station KWMU reports.

Shia and Sunni Muslims in Iraq continue to clash violently, and their conflict appears to have no solution. Juan Cole, Professor of Middle East History at the University of Michigan, talks with Andrea Seabrook about the differences between the two Islamic sects and why the differences seem so intractable.

A nomadic family is the focus of a new film from Mongolia called

The Cave of the Yellow Dog