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The U.S. military apprehended 78 insurgents, including a high-ranking rebel leader, in a raid outside the Iraqi city of Samarra today. Terence Smith discusses the effect Saddam Hussein's capture has had on the security situation in Iraq with Newsweek Baghdad…

Two years after the United States ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, remnants of that regime are threatening to disrupt the current constitutional conference there. Margaret Warner discusses the security situation in Afghanistan with New York Times correspondent Carlotta…

More local newscasts are increasingly broadcast from the same location in Hunt Valley, Md. Terence Smith goes inside the studios of Sinclair Broadcast Group, which has been criticized for its consolidation that has taken the local out of local news.

AT&T, Time Warner and Qwest all announced initiatives this week to offer long distance and local calling service using Internet technology. Ray Suarez discusses this cutting-edge telecommunications technology with Slate Magazine Media and Technology columnist David Bennahum.