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The president of Niger acknowledges a poor harvest and problems with locusts. But he rejects international claims of severe famine and starvation. There are concerns that past delays in accepting food aid have led to a higher death toll.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is under pressure to call off a special election for his reform measures this fall. Three of the four major proposals have been withdrawn or challenged. Now the governor's redistricting measure faces a legal challenge in the state court of appeals.

The CIA is holding top al Qaeda suspects in secret prison compounds in Eastern Europe as part of a string of so-called "black sites" set up after the Sept. 11 attacks, The Washington Post reported this week. Linda Wertheimer talks with Post reporter Dana Priest about the detention centers and the human rights concerns they have raised in Europe.

French president Jacques Chirac breaks his silence on the rioting that has shaken his nation for more than week. Chirac vows to restore order but also pledges to support equal opportunity for all.

A pilot program at Orlando International Airport allows passengers to speed through security checkpoints -- if they first submit to a detailed background check. The Bush administration is trying to decide whether to expand such "registered traveler" programs.

The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. John Warner (R-VA), makes an unscheduled visit to the Pentagon to demand details of U.S. military efforts to pay journalists to plant stories in Iraqi newspapers. The Pentagon says disclaimers that were meant to run with the stories were omitted.

A battalion of Marines based in Ohio is mourning the loss of 14 comrades, who died in a roadside bomb attack Wednesday in Iraq's Anbar province. It's the battalion's second loss in three days: six other marines died Monday in the same area.

U.S. Rep. John Murtha, a Democrat from Pennsylvania with strong ties to the military, catapulted into the spotlight recently with his call for a quick withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Murtha says U.S. commanders on the ground in Iraq support his position.

Astronaut Steve Robinson successfully removes two small pieces of fabric that were poking out of the shuttle's heat shield. NASA engineers worried the fabric could cause superheated air to damage the shuttle when it returns to Earth next week.

Israeli soldiers break through burning barricades surrounding a synogogue in Gadid in a bid to evict protesters at the Gaza settlement. Israeli authorities say the pullout is ahead of schedule despite some resistance.