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Although Fidel Castro has announced he's giving up his role as Cuba's president, the leader has demonstrated that he doesn't necessarily need a title to exert control over the island nation's government.

The Bush administration says it expects to work with the government formed in Pakistan after Monday's elections. Critics of U.S. policy on Pakistan say the election could provide an opportunity to stop relying on President Pervez Musharraf.

President Bush signed an aid deal Sunday in Tanzania to provide nearly $700 million to build roads and infrastructure there. Tanzania has already received millions from the U.S. to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS and malaria. At a joint press conference, Tanzania President President Jakaya Kikwete spoke about Bush's legacy.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri is supporting Hillary Clinton for president, but Democrats in his state went for Barack Obama. He discusses the challenges that face those whose personal allegiances run counter to the political will of their constituents.

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Vali Nasr is one of our country's foremost experts on the politics of the Islamic world. He joins us to talk about the many political and religious movements that will change our troubled relationship

Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor in Congress, represented California's 12th District since 1980. He died a month after disclosing he had cancer of the espohagus.

As the republic celebrates the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution with nationwide rallies, journalist Mark Bowden, author of Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam, recalls the hostage crisis that followed the 1979 regime change..

In Afghanistan, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she sees progress, despite the Taliban militia's threat to security. Urging the Afghan government to confront that ongoing threat, Rice said, "I think everybody has to step back and concern ourselves with the Taliban."

As major U.S. financial firms stagger under the weight of the lending crisis, government-owned funds from the Middle East to China are stepping in to invest billions in the faltering banking giants. But these "sovereign wealth funds" are raising concerns.