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Diplomats are trying to funnel more peacekeepers into Sudan's Darfur region to protect civilians there. But the Sudanese government refuses to allow further intervention. In the meantime, the fighting is spilling into neighboring countries.

Far from the North Pole, Saint Nicholas' hometown in Turkey is a sun-drenched farming community lined with palm trees and orange groves, where the image of the beloved bishop is being replaced by that of the secular Santa.

Sen. John Kerry met today with Syria's president Bashar al-Assad after a weekend visit in Iraq. Sen. Kerry talks with Alex Chadwick about his Middle East tour and the war in Iraq.

The Six Party negotiations aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program resume, after being stalled for well over a year. During the hiatus, North Korea conducted its first nuclear test. At the start of negotiations, North Korea declared that it is a nuclear power deserving of respect.

With Fidel Castro reportedly near death, a bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation spent the weekend in Cuba, meeting with high-level officials. The delegation's co-chairman, Republican Jeff Flake of Arizona, says the delegation was denied a request to meet with Cuba's acting president, Raul Castro. Congressman Flake has long advocated an easing of US sanctions against Cuba.

The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program are scheduled to resume Monday. Andrea Seabrook speaks to Anthony Kuhn in Beijing.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Bush administration will not seek help from Iran and Syria as part of its efforts to improve conditions in Iraq, as was recommended last week by the Iraq Study Group. So it was over State Department reservations that a U.S. senator from Florida talked with Syria's president.

Leaders of Somalia's Islamist movement are threatening to attack Ethiopian troops who are in the country backing the interim government. Meanwhile, a U.S. diplomat says al-Qaida is gaining a stronghold in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia.

A music industry pioneer has died. Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records, died Wednesday. He was 83 years old.

This week, Iran hosted an international conference questioning the Holocaust. It met with outrage from much of the world, and raised questions about the goals of such an event. A look at the politics of Holocaust denial.