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Analyst Evan Kohlmann talks with Renee Montagne about al-Qaida's public relations arm and multimedia production team, al-Sahab. The group produced a video that connected al-Qaida to the USS Cole bombing in 2000, and has since produced high-quality videos and audio tapes about al-Qaida's activities around the world.

The House votes to block credit card companies from sending funds to offshore gambling houses, part of a move to tighten restrictions on Internet gambling. The bill that passed also would allow Internet service providers to block certain gambling Web sites in the United States.

Seven bombs hit Bombay's commuter rail network during the evening rush hour, killing as many as 100 people and wounding 250 in what authorities called a well-coordinated attack. India's major cities were put on high alert after the blasts.

For 17 years, former Vice President Al Gore has been on the forefront of warning against global warming. But in his new documentary, The Inconvenient Truth, he says that he "failed to get the message out." He's now getting the message out with his documentary and new book of the same name (published by Rodale Press).

The new documentary An Inconvenient Truth is an important counterbalance to the misinformation about global warming, say Al Gore and film producer Laurie David. The movie is based on the former vice president's slideshow presentation on climate change.

An independent investigation into last January's Sago mine tragedy -- in which 12 coal miners died -- does not pinpoint the cause of the explosion. But it cites a number of systemic breakdowns that led to the tragedy. West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) received the report Wednesday. West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Anna Sale reports.

A new documentary airing on HBO puts a human face on the statistics coming from Iraq. Filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill and Maj. Merritt Pember, an orthopedic surgeon featured in the documentary, talk with Debbie Elliott about Baghdad ER. Filmmakersspent two months in Iraq in 2006. Maj. Merritt Pember is an orthopedic surgeon who was featured in the film, and has returned to Fort Hood in Texas. They talk with Debbie Elliott about the documentary.

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans a Washington visit to seek support for an Israeli plan to withdraw from parts of the West Bank. The move would consolidate Israel's control over major settlement blocs in the occupied territory.

The lockdown of China's largest city has dealt a blow to the economy and frustrated residents.