Mindy Belz | Midwest areas hurt by flooding get help from Hurricane Katrina survivors
Jill Nelson | A lesser-known in the West, foreign minister Tzipi Livni is Israel's leader-in-waiting
Jill Nelson | The nation that straddles Europe and Asia is also torn between secular and Islamic views of government, between cultural stability and terrorist violence.
Lynn Vincent | With Midwest flooding affecting hundreds of towns across 10 states, homeowners may find themselves left with the cost of cleaning up
Jill Nelson | Christians face a wave of persecution in Africa's second-largest country
Food is scarce, prices are skyrocketing, fear reigns-and the man behind it all, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, just inaugurated himself to another term of office
Alisa Harris | A Polish lawmaker wants to build "a moral architecture" out of small, mostly pro-life states
Mindy Belz | Faith-based cleanup efforts across the Midwest begin with no end in sight
Zoe Sandvig | FEMA officials are finding ways to get rid of the red tape and work with faith-based groups during emergencies
Jill Nelson | Bush administration blinks as Hezbollah brokers its street fight into a political victory in Lebanon
