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President Nguyen Minh Triet's trip is the highest-level visit by a Vietnamese leader to the U.S. since the war. Economic issues will dominate the agenda.

President Bush strongly defended his Iraq strategy, saying Congress has no business micromanaging the war. Even so, he was more restrained with the press during a White House news conference.

President Bush acknowledges the existence of secret CIA prisons around the world and says 14 high-value terrorism suspects have been transferred from the system to Guantanamo Bay for trials.

Nigerian poet and activist Aj Dagga Tolar lives in a shack in Ajegunle, a slum on the outskirts of Lagos that is also called "The Jungle." He says he tries to escape the tough reality of slum life by being creative, making music and poetry.

An approaching African Union summit may feature a showdown with Sudan over the crisis in its Darfur region. New U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is expected to press Sudan to let the U.N. help the African Union's beleaguered peacekeeping force.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Peter Pace talk money with the Senate Armed Services Committee. Democrats pressed both with tough questions about funding requests for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Ghana, which turns 50 today, is planning nationwide celebrations that will be attended by dignitaries from around the world. The West African nation was the first black African country to obtain its independence from colonial rule. But there are mixed feelings about the anniversary.

When I get up and make my first cup of coffee, I do it like performing a sacred ritual. I know that those beans traveled far, and were cared for.

President Bush's secretaries of State and Defense spent their days defending his new plan in Iraq, first at a White House news conference and then on Capitol Hill. Secretaries Rice and Gates found only minimal support for a greater troop commitment in Congress.

As a political debate over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys rages, the White House offers to let Congress interview White House aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers — but not under oath. Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, rejected the offer and will seek the authority to issue subpoenas.