President-Elect Obama

An Obama spokeswoman in Washington said the president-elect's office was not planning to comment. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Al Qaeda's second in command emerged on the airwaves urging Muslims to keep up attacks on the United States and slamming President Barack Obama for promising to back Israel...

During his campaign Obama condemned Bush's counter-terrorism as ineffective and advocated diplomacy. But he also vowed to strike Al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan...

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

President Bush is hosting the first in a series of meetings called the G20 that will include economic powerhouses like China, Russia and Brazil. But, these countries want more say in future economic decisions. With their huge reserves of foreign currency and fairly stable economies, a new world order could be on the horizon.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brasil: "Brasil, India and South Africa are asking rich nations to listen to the questions they have about the financial crisis. The leaders of the three major emerging economies have strongly criticized the rich nations for provoking the global financial crisis..."

Bangleshi Pirates

The shipping routes off the coast of Bangladesh have been among the most important in the world, but they're also some of the most dangerous because of rampant piracy.

We use small pistols but also knives like these. At night we board the ship. To scare the crew we slit a bit off their throat or push our knife in their neck. If they resist we just hit them on the head, just like that.

Al Jazeera's Nicholas Haque reports from the Bay of Bengal on pirates raiding the seas as well as those whose job it is to combat the problem.

In North Waziristan

The Pakistani region of Waziristan has come into focus recently with the US military launching several air strikes in the area. Kamal Hyder spent time with Pakistani troops on the front lines in North Waziristan and sent us this report.

Across the border in Afghanistan lies Khost province where the Taliban have stepped up attacks on the US led coalition forces. But here on the Pakistani side an uneasy calm prevails...

Here there is no electricity. Fiberglass igloos ward of the bitter cold. As the evening call to prayer is made our young captain tells us to remain awake as the dark night thickens and the howling winds get stronger....