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The president will visit key Gulf allies to talk about what he sees as a rising Iranian threat, and will try to nudge Israelis and Palestinians toward peace. This is his first trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories as president.

Diplomatic efforts to break the impasse between Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and challenger Raila Odinga are in full swing. European ambassadors have been meeting with all interested parties. U.S. envoy Jendayi Frazier is in Nairobi, and even South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu made the rounds.

While tensions between Iran and the United States have risen to unprecedented levels, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces more criticism internally than at any time since he took office more than two years ago. Mike Shuster looks at the ongoing controversy and diplomacy surrounding Iran's nuclear program.

Raila Odinga, the opposition leader in Kenya, looks likely to unseat incumbent President Mwai Kibaki, an unofficial tally of the votes shows. The election was only the second democratic vote in Kenya's history.

The Bush administration has severely limited diplomacy options in the wake of the assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. President Pervez Musharraf is unpopular and may have to postpone elections set for Jan. 8. Pakistan is important ally to the U.S. war on terrorism.

In Iraqi Kurdistan, the American military's recent detention of a visiting Iranian has upset the fragile relationship between the region and Iran.

Lebanon's two main rival political blocs have been unable to overcome their difference to elect a new president. The political gridlock has gone on for the last year, and the situation has gotten worse in recent months.

Three American comedians of Mideast decent, called the "Axis of Evil," bring their comedy show to cities like Dubai, Kuwait, Cairo and Amman. The show is so popular that producers are adding extra dates to the tour.

The future of Kosovo again tops the agenda of the United Nations Security Council. The U.N. has been running the region ever since NATO helped end a Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanians there eight years ago. But Kosovo's Albanians are planning to declare independence, a move resisted by Serbia.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visit Iraq unannounced on Tuesday, but her trip was overshadowed by an incursion into the northern part of the country by Turkish troops hunting guerrillas of the Kurdish separatist group PKK. The U.S. has recently begun sharing intelligence with Turkey to pinpoint guerrilla positions.