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Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited President Bush at the White House Monday, where the two leaders discussed the reported maltreatment of Afghan detainees, the spread of poppy cultivation and the autonomy of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif defended his country's effort to move toward a more democratic system even as critics worry upcoming presidential elections will not be free and fair in a newsmaker interview with Margaret Warner.

Newsweek magazine on Monday retracted its report about the alleged desecration of the Quran by U.S. interrogators at the jail in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that sparked deadly riots in Afghanistan and other Muslim nations.