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Muslims pack a mosque in Islamabad. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images)

Why Islamic States Would Be Bad for Muslims

Two scholars, despite their differences, say that defining 'sharia' is crucial to finding a healthy place for religion in Muslim nations.

ASIA

(Kim Maung Win/AFP/Getty Images)

A girl drinks water from a container while her homeless family eats donated food in a township on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. Millions of cyclone victims face outbreaks of disease as they struggle to survive without clean water, food, or shelter five days after Cyclone Nargis crashed onto the shores of Myanmar, killing more than 50,000 people.

Political Obstacles Slow Myanmar Aid

The nation's military dictators are wary of admitting foreign relief workers.

TERRORISM

A frame grab from a videotape aired 27 July 2006 on Al-Jazeera television shows Al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who vowed in his message that Al-Qaeda will carry out attacks against Israel and its US backers to avenge the Israeli onslaughts on Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. It was the first reaction by Al-Qaeda to the onslaughts which started in late June in Gaza and on July 12 in Lebanon, triggered by the capture of Israeli soldiers by Palestinian militants and Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement. (AFP/Getty Images)

Jihadist Questions for al-Zawahiri

A new report shows what's on the minds of al Qaeda supporters.

Young Berber boys pose for a photograph in the village of Tisgui Ntknt on July 25, 2007 in Imlil district, Morocco. Tisgui Ntknt is a village of around seventeen families in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The Berber people of the Atlas have a strong sense of family and each village will consist of a number of families ranging from five to around thirty or forty. Tisgui Ntknt does not have electricity but King Mohammed VI has pledged that the whole of Morocco will be electrified in six years time. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Morocco's Berbers Reclaim Their Language and Indigenous Culture

The shift is part of a broader push toward pluralism and openness by the nation's 44-year-old ruler, King Mohammed VI.

CHINA

LONDON - APRIL 06: Police officers restrain a protester along the route of the Olympic Torch outside Downing Street on April 6, 2008 in London, England. The torch for the 2008 Beijing Olympics is to be carried by respected athletes and celebrities from Wembley Stadium to the O2 Dome, passing China Town, Trafalgar Square, the Houses of Parliament and London Bridge, amid crowds of spectators. Demonstrations over China's human rights record and actions in Tibet are expected along the route. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Anti-China Protests Meet Olympic Torch

San Francisco braces for demonstrations on Wednesday, when the Olympic torch makes its only North American stop.

OLYMPICS

Children play in front of the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, one of the five football venues of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning province. (Sheng Li/Reuters)

On Scene With the Olympic Torch

The threat of violence in San Francisco prompts officials to reroute procession.

IRAN

Iran's Nuclear Program Continues to Advance

Diplomacy stalls as critics of current U.S. policy say new approaches, and new incentives, are needed.

Special Report: Rwanda Reborn

(Kevin Horan--Aurora for USN&WR)

Rwanda Emerges From Genocide

What the future holds for the tiny African nation depends on the impact new leadership will have in government efforts to overcome a violent past.

IRAQ

Petraeus Calls for Delay in Troop Reductions

The top American commander in Iraq asks for patience and says the effort is "worth it."

Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (2nd-L), surrounded by his security agents, waves as he leaves at the end of a ceremony at the Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem honouring Israel's fallen soldiers one day before Remembrance Day on May 6, 2008. Israel this week celebrates its 60th birthday with military displays, barbecues and a Bible quiz but also with a cloud of uncertainty hanging over its prime minister's political future. (Jim Hollander/AFP/Getty Images)

Political Scandal Hits Israel's 60th Birthday

A bribery investigation threatens to bring down Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

NORTH AMERICA & CARIBBEAN

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An elderly woman eats at home in Havana surrounded by posters of Cuban President Fidel Castro (right) and Ernesto Che Guevara. Castro resigned Tuesday as president and commander in chief of Cuba in a message published in the online version of the official daily Granma.

10 Things You Didn't Know About Raúl Castro

With Fidel aging and ailing, his younger brother steps in to lead Cuba.

AFRICA

n this photo released by Altor International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP) Goma, and made available Thursday Aug. 9, 2007, four rare mountain gorillas are seen tied to makeshift stretchers in Virunga National Park in eastern Congo, after they were found dead by rangers on Monday July 23, 2007. Conservation experts appealed Friday Aug. 17, 2007 for help to improve security and animal safety at a wildlife park in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the four mountain gorillas were massacred in July. (ALTOR IGCP GOMA/AP)

Gorillas Massacred in Eastern Congo

The killings of four mountain gorillas may have been payback for park management's crackdown on the "charcoal mafia."

Russia

Chernobyl Victims Continue to Struggle

Over two decades after the disaster, radiation-poisoned former workers say the Russian government adds to their suffering.

THE DEATH OF BENAZIR BHUTTO

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto rides the Pakistani Peoples bus during her welcome home parade October 18, 2007 in Karachi, Pakistan. Daniel Berehulak -- Getty Images

Assassination Leaves a Political Void

The opposition leader's death jeopardizes a hoped-for democratic transition.

INDIA

Black Market Kidneys Sold in India

Corrupt doctors and middlemen take from the poor and sell to rich foreigners who come seeking transplants.

CHINA'S GLOBAL REACH

Performers enact a commemorative ceremony to mark the 2555th birthday of Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher, politician and educator of the 6th and 5th centuries B.C., at the Confucius temple in Qufu, northeastern China's Shandong province, 28 September 2004. Confucianism, major system of thought in China, developed from the teachings of Confucius and his disciples, has influenced the Chinese attitude toward life, set the patterns of living and standards of social value, and provided the background for Chinese political theories and institutions, spreading to Korea, Japan, and Vietnam and has aroused interest among Western scholars. Although Confucianism became the official ideology of the Chinese state, it has never existed as an established religion with a church and priesthood. (AFP/Getty Images)

The rise of the most populous nation has vast implications for America and the world.

Israel's Triumph

Wounded Egyptian soldiers captured by Israeli forces during the Six-Day War. (Terry Fincher/Getty Images)

How the Six-Day War Reshaped the Mideast

At the heart of the conflict 40 years ago lay the Arab refusal to accept Israel's legitimacy and statehood.

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PHOTO GALLERY

(Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Protests Along Olympic Torch Relay

The flame has been snuffed by anti-China demonstrators.

Pope John Paul II's tumultuous reception as he enters Yankee Stadium in New York, where he said mass, during his visit to the United States. Oct. 2, 1979 (Thomas J. O'Halloran for USN&WR)

Pope Retrospective

The history of the modern Papacy in pictures.

Marianne Lavelle

Marianne Lavelle. (Charlie Archambault for USN&WR)

Stockpiling Our Way to $120-Per-Barrel Crude?

The price run-up was predicted months ago.

John W. Mashek

John W. Mashek

Rush Limbaugh, Blowhard

Operation Chaos is really Operation Irrelevance.

Bonnie Erbe

Bonnie Erbe

Obama Would Squeeze Entrepreneurs

Obama plans to raise taxes.

MICHAEL BARONE

Michael Barone

Rethinking the Iraq Critics

Douglas Feith's new book, War and Decision, is a step forward in understanding the Iraq conflict.

Mortimer B. Zuckerman

Mortimer Zuckerman

7 Fixes for a Market Failure

We haven't touched bottom and the market can't solve this problem on its own.

Ken Walsh on the Presidency

Ken Walsh (Charlie Archambault for USN&WR)

Having covered the White House for U.S. News full time since 1986, Ken Walsh brings perspective and insight to his magazine column. His weekly podcast with WTOP is available in iTunes and RSS.

TURKEY

Debate Over Armenian Genocide Continues

Ninety years after the declining Ottoman Empire campaigned against an ethnic group, controversy over labeling the incident continues.

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