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Much of the attention this week is swirling around the Pope and Turkey's Muslims. But Turkey's religious minorities have their own challenges, especially Christians. They make up less than half a percent of the country's population.

Monday's fire at the home for mentally ill and elderly killed 10 people -- including one staff member. The home's management included a convicted felon, whose company was cited for fire code violations at another property.

This is the bloodiest year yet for the Taliban insurgency, with militants torching hundreds of schools, assassinating government officials and launching more then 600 attacks a month. But one target is off-limits to the Taliban's campaign of violence -- the hundreds of cell phone towers that have sprung up throughout the conflict zone. Representatives of Afghanistan's four thriving cellular phone companies say telecommunications are the one thing that everyone in this war torn country can agree on.

The population of people over 85 years-old is now the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. What does this mean to the future of our society? A new “Frontline” explores the growing demog

Anti-immigrant sentiment is spreading across Europe, boosting support for populist, right-wing parties. One of the most successful is in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium. Backers of the party, known as Vlaams Belang, criticize Muslim immigrants for failing to assimilate.

In July of 2003, 86-year-old George Weller lost control behind the wheel of his car plowing into a crowded Farmers Market in Santa Monica. In about 10 seconds, he killed 10 people and injured 63. As h

Adeed Dawisha is a professor of political science at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Born in Iraq, Dawisha urges the United States to acknowledge that his homeland is a de facto segregated country. He wants American diplomats to urge the Iraqi government toward a peaceful partition or a loosely federated state.

NATO officials have confirmed that at least 12 civilians were killed earlier this week in an air strike targeting Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan. NATO strikes in the Panjwayi district may have killed as many as 85 civilians recently. The area has been the site of heavy fighting between NATO forces and the Taliban since May.

Authorities are launching a criminal investigation after police officers in Los Angeles say they videotaped five hospital patients being dumped on Skid Row over the weekend. The incident is being cited as the latest in an ongoing problem of indigent hospital patients being dumped on the streets with no one to care for them.

Commentator Melissa Fay Greene is an author and the mother of adopted children from Africa. She tells the story of two AIDS orphans, who are now part of her family.