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Built in the sixth century, Saint Elijah's is Iraq's oldest Christian monastery. But the monastery was badly damaged during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq four years ago. Some are now struggling to protect it.

Looking back at the year in arts, it's been one wild ride here in San Diego. It was a year of exciting growth, national acclaim, a centennial celebration, new faces and some controversy. Here's the Culture Lust report on the year in San Diego's arts and culture scene.

In London, churches across the city held memorial services for victims of Thursday's terrorist attacks. Senior Christian, Jewish and Muslim clerics also gathered and issued a joint statement calling for unity and dialogue between faiths in the aftermath.

The only man convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, was freed from a Scottish prison on what Scottish authorities call "compassionate grounds." He is terminally ill with cancer. Guests examine the limits of compassion.

The 5th annual Art of Photography Show features 111 winning photographs that emerged from an international pool of 16,000 entries. It is one of the largest juried photography competitions in the US and by far the largest juried exhibition in San Diego history. We'll talk to the woman responsible for selecting the winning photographs.

Many companies have proposed high-tech solutions for stopping illegal immigration along U.S. borders. But the contract the Department of Homeland Security is expected to award to Boeing eschews cutting-edge systems in favor of technology that has a proven track record.

In the contentious debate over immigration, critics often assert that immigrants and their children are not learning English as quickly as previous waves of newcomers did. In one Wisconsin town, German flourished as a dominant language and culture almost until World War II.

Should people arrested on felony charges be required to give DNA samples? We'll look at the controversy surrounding this idea.

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's speech at the GOP convention Wednesday was the occasion for parties in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska. Residents there are proud of her, but they also are beginning to push back a little under all the national scrutiny.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it "makes sense" to temporarily halt the gradual reduction of forces in Iraq. The Washington Post's Ann Scott Tyson reports.