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  • Turkey's government and Kurdish separatists. The 12-year-old war has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced millions. The European community is withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in aid because of Turkey's human rights abuses.
  • two years after a U-S-led multi-national force restored democratic government to the island nation. There has been some political violence in Port-au-Prince, but much less than before the intervention.
  • before Sunday's presidential election in Nicaragua. Former president and Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega is running against the conservative former mayor of Managua Arnoldo Aleman. Experts consider the outcome too close to call.
  • Renewed clashes between the rival Kurdish factions have broken out in northern Iraq. The Saddam Hussein-backed Kurdistan Democratic Party has captured two towns from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
  • , John Burnett looks on a newly emerging alliance of Christian ministers, laypeople, civil libertarians, and discontented Republicans, who are trying to counteract the influence of the Religious Right.
  • a new method for accessing the Internet. The new wireless system will be a major benefit to schools, hospitals and businesses. The FCC set aside a large portion of the radio spectrum, dedicated to letting computers communicate with each other over the airwaves.
  • , a bill that would give federal funds to faith-based organizations that provide drug and alcohol treatment. Supporters say these groups have better track records than secular programs, but critics say the bill violates the Constitution.
  • The Council of Europe released a report Wednesday charging that the CIA may have colluded with 14 European countries to secretly imprison suspected terrorists. The report calls the network of secret prisons and airports that transfer the suspects across borders a "spider's web" that violates international law. Madeleine Brand speaks with Rob Gifford.
  • The sudden rise is blamed on violence in Nigeria and new warnings that OPEC will have problems meeting global demand for oil in the next two decades.
  • A young reporter from Sports Illustrated Kids asked Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla a question about having fun. His answer got people talking.
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