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Author and film historian Donald Bogle discusses D.W. Griffith's film, The Birth of a Nation. Airing as part of a series on African-Americans in Hollywood films, the movie has been reviled for its depiction of the Ku Klux Klan and blacks -- yet praised for its technical achievements.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas greets a new parliament with a call for moderation from the incoming Hamas majority. He also urged the United States and European powers not to disrupt funding to Palestinians.

A show in Washington, D.C., features paintings, lithographs and other representations of the banjo. One of America's most endearing musical instruments also played a turbulent role in racial history.

Everyman, the latest novel from author Philip Roth, tells the story of a man's life through his illnesses and, ultimately, his death. But it's also a book about a man trying to stay alive. Roth discusses the novel, the writing process and his own thoughts on mortality.

Any change in U.S. immigration law will likely include a new "guest worker" program. Limited guest-worker programs already exist for immigrants doing seasonal work. And they're beginning to spread to the year-round occupations in California.

Israeli politicians and commentators, for the moment at least, clearly support the country's military operations in Lebanon. But the goals -- and the final result -- of that operation are less clear.

Israeli warplanes attack Lebanon for the sixth consecutive day, killing at least 17. Hezbollah responds by sending rockets deeper into Israel. Hezbollah rockets killed eight people Sunday in Haifa. In Lebanon, foreigners are fleeing the war zone.

Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney has been a lightning rod for controversy throughout her career; the latest incident involved her striking a Capitol Hill police officer as she tried to walk past security. The incident got national headlines. But is it resonating in McKinney's district?

Many of the downed live oaks left by Katrina are now safely in storage at the Mystic Seaport in Connecticut. The wood is invaluable for ship restoration, and the whaler Charles W. Morgan, built in 1841, will be the immediate beneficiary.

Gen. Michael Hayden, President Bush's nominee to head the CIA, is a highly respected military man with extensive intelligence experience. But his past work was more grounded in the signal intelligence of the National Security Agency than the human intelligence he would oversee at the CIA.