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A much-debated U.S. intelligence report states that Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for Islamic extremists, and that the war there has bred a deep resentment of the United States. The White House made declassified the report's conclusion Tuesday.

Aid groups and donor countries are mobilizing to get assistance to the survivors of a devastating cyclone in Myanmar. The United Nations says hundreds of thousand people are in need of help. Getting visas and travel permission from the government of Myanmar is still a problem. The U.S. is among those trying to get in.

Earlier this week, the people of Pakistan elected a new parliament, with the majority of the seats going to the party of the slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Economist Zehra Aftab and Professor Ali Cheema discuss the significance of the power shift.

A deposition from baseball player Andy Pettitte read Wednesday on Capitol Hill contradicts Clemens' denial that he used performance-enhancing drugs. His trainer's testimony also provoked skepticism.

Even after the Iraqi government called for Shiite militias to lay down their weapons, little has changed. The Middle East Project Director for the International Crisis Group discusses the struggle for control.

More than 400 children are in state custody following a raid on a polygamist sect. We examine how the state is coping with the strain on the system.

A House committee votes to condemn the killing of 1.5 million Armenians in Turkey in World War I as an act of genocide. But the government of Turkey opposes the resolution — as does the Bush administration, which warns that relations with a key ally could be damaged.

Paula Newberg, author of Judging the State: Courts and Constitutional Politics in Pakistan, talks about who Benazir Bhutto is, why she's so popular, and why she's a target for assassination.

Senate Democrats and Republicans on one committee have struck a deal on the continuing use of domestic wiretaps in the war on terrorism. But other key figures in the Senate say the deal gives up too much.

Olympic champion sprinter Marion Jones has admitted using steroids in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Games and plans to plead guilty on Friday to lying about her drug use.