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The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency votes to ask the U.N. Security Council to consider action against Iran for its efforts to pursue a nuclear program. But at the behest of China and Russia, action will be delayed at least a month.

Efforts are under way to stabilize much of the Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of April national elections. An army push against militias in the southeast has driven tens of thousands of civilians from their homes. Aid workers must combat malnutrition and disease.

Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbian strongman who rose to power as president of Yugoslavia, then found himself indicted on more than 60 counts of war crimes, is buried in his hometown. Serbs faithful to Milosevic pay tribute at a Belgrade rally.

Race riots in Los Angeles County jails have left two inmates dead, and authorities can't stop the riots or keep gang leaders from communicating with jailed followers. Authorities hope to end the violence by transferring inmates from riot-heavy jails to an underutilized jail in downtown Los Angeles.

As well-known tech firms face criticism from Congress, Robert Siegel and China correspondent Anthony Kuhn in Beijing compare results from search engines in the United States and China. A search using Google, Google China and Yahoo shows how different the Web search experience is for a user in China.

Samuel L. Jackson stars as a cop working a carjacking case in a new movie called Freedomland. Jackson's character is at the center of the tension in the racially charged crime drama. He talks with Michele Norris about race, tough-guy roles and his long, varied film career.

For Tom and Lauren Nelson, being married has been a thrill. But it has also brought challenges. The couple's military wedding was wonderful, they say -- even if the service ended with Lauren being smacked on her rear with a flat sword and told, "Welcome to the Army, ma'am."

The great flu pandemic of 1918 killed 50 million people -- more than any other disease outbreak in the history of the world. John Oxford, a prominent British professor, wants to know why the disease was so deadly -- and what the current generation needs to rise to the challenge of a global epidemic.

The Georgia state house has approved a bill that would levy a 5-percent surcharge on wire transfers by illegal immigrants to their native countries. State lawmakers are seeking to stem the tide of undocumented workers and recoup the cost of providing public services to them.

An all-star lineup of Latin music performers will sing the controversial "Nuestro Himno" on a new album to be released in May. Nico Jones, host of "The Morning Invasion" on Latino 96.3 in Los Angeles, discusses the controversy.