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Some Afghan-watchers worry that the West is repeating mistakes that the Soviet Union made in the 1980s when it sent troops there to prop up a communist regime. Among other issues, they say it is focusing too much on a military approach and not enough on reconstruction.

Members of the U.N. Security Council are in Sudan's Darfur region Thursday for a first-hand look at the conflict there. Five years of fighting have killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions.

Hundreds of newly trained Palestinian soldiers and police have deployed in the West Bank city of Jenin, part of a U.S.-backed plan to bolster the government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and encourage an Israeli military pullback. But many view the crackdown with skepticism.

We call reporters in Germany, Russia and Lebanon to get the international reaction to Barack Obama's presumptive nomination. Many Germans are very happy with the Democratic primary outcome. Russians and Lebanese are more skeptical and taking a "wait and see approach."

Sen. Barack Obama told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Wednesday that he is a "true friend" of Israel. At the same event, his rival, Hillary Clinton, did not concede her role as the Democratic presidential candidate, but said she shares his support of Israel.

The Bush administration has tried to put the best face on a deal in Lebanon that gives Hezbollah more power. It has also welcomed Turkey's role as a mediator between Israel and Syria. But U.S. diplomats played no role in either of these arrangements.

In Cuba, 75 dissidents were arrested five years ago, most of whom are still in prison. Some of their wives formed a group called "Ladies in White" and have had demonstrations at their church every Sunday. A smaller number of them acted on their own last month, using bolder methods, attracting the attention of Cuban officials.

The U.N. could use soldiers to get aid into Myanmar. But one expert says that's an idea that would require Security Council acquiescence from intervention-shy China, one of two countries that blocked a similar mission into Kosovo in 1999.