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President Bush calls his plan to gradually reduce U.S. troop levels in Iraq "a return on success." He calls for an "enduring relationship" with Iraq that will stretch beyond his presidency.

Some Libyans want their country to change, letting go of dogmatic rhetoric that succeeded Moammar Gadhafi's rise to power 38 years ago. Even with foreign investment and increased entrepreneurship, the pace of change is measured.

Sen. Barack Obama's plan for Iraq includes pulling out one or two brigades every month and completing a full withdrawal by the end of 2008. He is also calling for a new constitutional convention in Iraq to be convened with U.N. help.

Experts from the U.S., Russia and China are in North Korea assessing ways to disable nuclear facilities there. The work of the international team of nuclear specialists will have implications on diplomatic maneuvers with North Korea.

Alex Perry, Time magazine's Africa Bureau Chief, explains why the Horn of Africa is arousing strategic interest among world powers. He recently wrote an article on terrorism in East Africa and talks about the political problems Ethiopia poses.

Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker faced tough questioning Tuesday from senators on both sides of the aisle who were clearly frustrated by the slow pace of progress in Iraq. "There is an enormous amount of dysfunctionality in Iraq," Crocker acknowledged.

Following a three-day visit to Sudan, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Libya this weekend. There, he announced that talks aimed at resolving the Darfur crisis would be held in Libya on Oct. 27. However, past efforts to get the combatants together at peace talks have failed, and it was unclear whether all parties to the conflict would attend these talks.

China's envoy on Darfur is in Washington, responding to critics who accuse the fast-rising Asian power of turning a blind eye to bloodshed in the Sudanese region out of economic self-interest. In particular, China has been bloodied by a Hollywood campaign to re-label the 2008 Olympics as the "Genocide Games." China says the Western critics are hypocrites who have exploited oil resources globally but now condemn Beijing for its oil exploration.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is visiting Sudan, where some 10,000 U.N. peacekeepers are being used to enforce the 2005 agreement that ended Africa's longest civil war. Ban's visit includes a trip to Darfur, site of what many countries term genocide.

On this day in 1969, a young army officer named Muammar Gadhafi overthrew the king of Libya. On the anniversary of Gadhafi's ascent to power, the Libyan leader seems to be making peace with the West, but his reform efforts have faltered.