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Laura Bush has just completed a tour of Africa, stopping at a school in Bamako, Mali. The U.S. Embassy there helped to spruce up the school before her arrival, making it more amenable to a photo-op.

Britain dropped its terror threat rating from "critical" to "severe." Police say they have arrested all the key suspects in last week's series of failed car bombings, and that there's no imminent danger of additional attacks. Security officials credit a national network of surveillance cameras for helping the inquiry — something U.S. law enforcement officials wish they had.

The secretive and bloody industry is booming around the country, enjoying underground popularity despite being banned in all 50 states.

In Argentina, the wife of President Nestor Kirchner is the clear front-runner in the field of 14 candidates running in Sunday's presidential election. Pundits say Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is likely to be elected in the first round of voting, taking the reins from her husband.

The Bush administration is imposing economic sanctions against senior officials of Myanmar, with China joining in to appeal for calm. Other Southeast Asian countries have condemned the violent repression of protesters.

Los Angeles Police Dept. Chief William Bratton's first official report on the May 1 immigration rally that turned violent accuses members of an LAPD riot squad of injuring as many as 40 people. The officers under fire say their use of batons and rubber bullets was a response to being assaulted by a small, but aggressive group of rock-throwing demonstrators.

The increasing use of E-Z Pass for the electronic payment of tolls is cutting down on traffic jams. But state officials now have a new dilemma: the E-Z Pass scofflaw. Nancy Solomon reports from New Jersey.

Unions are threatening to disrupt the 2008 Democratic National Convention. They're upset that the DNC chose a non-union facility in Denver for the convention. Matters became even more tense when Bill Ritter, Colorado's Democratic governor, vetoed a pro-union bill he had pledged to sign.

As reporters from around the world descend on Blacksburg, Va., one publication stands out: Virginia Tech's student newspaper, Collegiate Times, is doing a truly remarkable job of covering the story.

Benchmarks are seen as key to overcoming the impasse on Iraq between President Bush and the Democrat-controlled Congress. But the term is confusing and means different things to different people. Here, a guide for the benchmark-perplexed.