News Wrap: Series of Explosions in Iraq Stokes Fears of Sectarian Violence

President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, with his country's civil war having "wracked the region." Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke today in a news conference from the White House Rose Garden.

Sounding like something out of a spy movie, Russian authorities detained an American diplomat overnight on claims he is actually a CIA agent. Margaret Warner talks with Will Englund of The Washington Post for more details of the story and what kind of information American intelligence agencies might want to collect in Russia.

The Russian Federal Security Service announced U.S. diplomat Ryan Fogle had been detained in Moscow. Margaret Warner reports that Russian authorities said Fogle works for the CIA and was caught trying to recruit a Russia intelligence agent to work for the United States.

In India, an educational group called Pratham aims to change the perception of school as a solemn enterprise and to offer instead a love of learning to the youngest -- and poorest -- students. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on what is possibly the world's largest campaign to improve remedial education.

Author Vali Nasr describes China's interest in the Middle East. As the United States eases back from involvement in the Middle East, China's influence and economic dependence in the region grows.

What does the conviction of Efraín Ríos Montt mean for the former Guatemala dictator, that country's fragile judicial system and for the families of the victims? Hari Sreenivasan talks to producer Xeni Jardin of Boing Boing, who was in the courtroom at the time of the verdict.

Efrain Rios Montt , former dictator of Guatemala, was found guilty in the massacre of more than 1,700 Mayan Indians in the early 1980s. Rios Montt, 86, insists that he had no knowledge of the campaign of genocide, and his lawyers intend to appeal the verdict and his 80-year prison sentence. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

On the eve of the historic election in Pakistan, Declan Walsh, Islamabad bureau chief for The New York Times, had his visa revoked for unspecified "undesirable activities." Margaret Warner talks to Walsh about what the results of the election mean for Pakistan's pressing problems and relationship to the U.S.

In Pakistan, votes are still being tabulated, but the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party has already claimed victory. The country's historic election, boasting the highest turnout in more than 40 years, was marred by allegations of vote-rigging and violent attacks that killed 29 people. Margaret Warner reports.

In other news Monday, President Barack Obama rejected Republican claims that his administration covered up details about the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya. Also, Mr. Obama said the U.S. is working with Britain to increase pressure on the Syrian government to end the Assad regime.