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U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police raided the home and offices of Iraqi Governing Council member and one-time American ally Ahmad Chalabi today. Ray Suarez discusses the reasons for the raid with Washington Post reporter Scott Wilson in Baghdad.

Sonia Gandhi, whose Congress party won a landslide election, announced Tuesday she will not accept the post of prime minister of India. Gandhi made her decision following protests from Hindu nationalists over the fact that she was born in Italy.

An overnight Israeli raid at a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza killed at least 18 Palestinians and wounded 42 others. Margaret Warner discusses the latest violence in the Middle East with New York Times reporter James Bennett in Gaza.