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Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton last night met for their final debate before four primaries on March 4. They battled it out on topics including NAFTA, health care and Iraq. Clinton faces pressure to win big in Texas and Ohio in order to keep her presidential hopes alive.

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been shuttling back and forth between Ohio and Texas, looking for votes in next week's contests. But a critical part of both campaigns takes place well away from the candidates themselves: It's the ground-campaign, involving thousands of volunteers.

The Supreme Court heard arguments from Exxon today that the amount the corporation has been ordered to pay as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska is unreasonable. Critics say Exxon has not shown that it takes responsibility for the spill, since it has fired only one person over the incident: the captain of the Exxon Valdez.

Russian officials visited Serbia on Monday to lend support to the country's claim to Kosovo. Though the country is divided between hardline nationalists and those who are Western-leaning, the country is united in its feeling of anger and betrayal over Kosovo's independence.

Out of Austria, The Counterfeiters is up for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. But the tale of World War II concentration-camp inmates forced to help undermine the British and U.S. economies has critics as well as admirers.

Supporters loyal to Iran's supreme leader took to the streets Tuesday at a massive rally organized by the clerical regime. Later, supporters of presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi staged another protest against the election results. Meanwhile, the government said it would recount some disputed ballots, and foreign media were barred from covering rallies in Tehran.

Early results show the two largest opposition political parties in Pakistan headed for an election victory after voters rejected the ruling party of President Pervez Musharraf. Husain Haqqani, director of Boston University's Center for International Relations, talks about the results.

Turkey's military sends troops and fighter jets into northern Iraq overnight. In Baghdad, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announces he will order his powerful militia to continue its cease-fire for another six months.

At Shiite mosques across Iraq on Friday, aides to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced that he has decided to extend the cease-fire for his Mahdi Army militia. The announcement prompted sighs of relief among U.S. military commanders and in the streets of Baghdad.

The iconic villain Darth Vader has it all: heavy breathing; theme music; brute physical and mental power; and that impenetrable mask. In Vader's case, the mask shields his humanity, making him appear gothic and machine-like.