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Last week, California's governor was in Mexico meeting with the country’s outgoing and incoming presidents. We’ll talk about his efforts to promote California products, and his new message on immigr

The bipartisan Iraq Study Group meets with top administration officials to discuss the future of U.S. policy in the country. The group is expected to release its full report on the American approach to Iraq in several weeks.

Herbert Hoover's reputation suffered in the U.S. as the Great Depression struck. But in Belgium, he's still seen as a national savior for organizing a World War I relief effort credited with saving millions from starving.

As Iraq's newly empowered Shiite majority struggles to take control of the country, Sunni Arab leaders in other countries with significant Shiite populations have grown increasingly nervous. The Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain, for instance, is ruled by a Sunni-led government, despite the island's Shiite Muslim majority.

Changes in Washington give the impression that the United States may be ready to change direction on Iraq policy. But the alternatives to current policy are few, and there are doubts that any of them will change the outcome of the war.

The Bush administration accuses Syria of trying to undermine the government of Lebanon, saying that Syria continues to arm Hezbollah in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution. Syria denies the charges. The U.N. resolution ended a monthlong war between Israel and Hezbollah this summer, but it did not resolve the underlying conflicts.

Beijing is hosting a China-Africa forum. The guest list includes over 40 African heads of state. The forum highlights a debate on whether China offers African nations a model for development, or if Beijing is practicing neo-colonialism.

Some polls show the undecided voters of this election are women, particularly suburban women with children, who don't focus on politics along conventional party lines. They are concerned about national and economic security, and their votes are pivotal this fall, especially in the hotly contested suburban congressional districts near Philadelphia, where four seats are at stake.

North Korea will return to six-nation talks on nuclear disarmament, according to Chinese diplomats. The diplomatic breakthrough comes three weeks after North Korea conducted its first known atomic test.

Within weeks after Sept. 11, such terms as "jihadist" and "war on terror" entered the American English lexicon. Understanding the political impact of that language may shed light on some of the geopolitical fractures that have come to define the early 21st century.