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Fareed Zakaria speaks to Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad, the Sudan Ambassador to the United Nations, about his potential complicity in genocide and other war crimes committed by the Sudanese government during a heated interview.

Barack Obama told reporters that he would visit Iraq if he is nominated as the Democratic Party's candidate for president of the U.S.

The Iranian Parliament elected Ari Larijani as their new speaker on Wednesday. Mr. Larijani was a rival to Mr. Ahmadinejad in the presidential election of 2005. Mr. Larijani was elected as speaker in an unusually lopsided vote: 232 to 31.

It seems that Iran's involvement in Iraq has declined since the capture of a few dozen Iranian operatives selling arms in Iraq in December of 2006.

The Government Accountability Office issued a report titled "Combating Terrorism: The United States Lacks Comprehensive Plan to Destroy the Terrorist Threat and Close the Safe Haven in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas".This is a link to the 37 page report.

Last year, Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip of the Palestinian Territories. Following, Israel pulled out its military and civilian presence from the territory. A report from the NY Times describes life in Gaza towards the end of 2007.

As the 60 year anniversary of Israel's founding approaches, many Israeli citizens express concerns over the direction of their country and in particular over the government spending on the celebration.

A Frontline series shows footage taped by U.S. National Guard soldiers serving in Iraq. The site includes blog posts from the soldiers, links to watch the series online and profiles of the soldiers. The firsthand perspective is interesting and emphasizes the soldiers' desire to return home as soon as possible.

From a story in this week's Economist: "The monarchy of Bahrain regards itself as a beacon of democracy in the Middle East. It was the first in the Gulf to give all its citizens the vote, setting up a partially elected parliament, albeit with limited powers, in 2002.

As the number of soldiers killed in Iraq passed four thousand, the New York Times published a statistical analysis of American military losses.

The over 40 leaders from Muslim countries meeting in Dakar, Senegal wrapped a two-day summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) last Friday.

The presidents of Sudan and Chad agreed to seek peace in the presence of the European Union, the United States, France, the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) during the 11th summit of the OIC in Senegal. The agreement has been called the Dakar Agreement.

The pentagon released a report by the Institute for Defense Analyses titled "Saddam and Terrorism: Emerging Insights from Captured Iraqi Documents" that concluded the following with respect to Saddam Hussein and terrorism:

Heads of state and representatives of over 40 Muslim nations gathered today in Dakar, Senegal for the Eleventh Session of the Islamic Summit Conference.

Many cite an increase in American soldiers in Baghdad as the reason for a decrease in violence in the city.