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Chicago fast food tycoon and political fundraiser Antoin Rezko goes to trial this week on corruption charges. Rezko gave money to Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, along with several other state politicians. Pundits wonder how that will affect Obama's campaign, if at all.

Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have reached an agreement on a coalition government in hopes of ending violence triggered by post-election fallout. Emira Woods, of the Institute for Policy Studies, and Jeffrey Gettleman, of the New York Times, offer details.

Politicians in Kenya have reached an agreement aimed at ending the country's political crisis. Kenya was thrown into turmoil after a disputed election late last year sparked widespread violence that left more than 1,000 people dead.

Kenya's political rivals have signed a power-sharing agreement aimed at ending weeks of bloodshed sparked by a disputed presidential election in December. More than 1,000 people died in the unrest; more than a quarter-million were displaced. The deal creates a prime minster post for opposition leader Raila Odinga.

President Bush urged House lawmakers on Thursday to adopt an intelligence bill that would ease the way for wiretapping suspected terrorists and grant retroactive immunity to telecommunication companies that help the government.

Several hundred people could have dropped the small bag of cocaine near a door to the West Wing. But without fingerprints, DNA or video evidence, the Secret Service can't figure out who did it.

Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has returned to Thailand from 17 months in exile to face corruption charges. He says the allegations are empty.

Visiting Congress to provide an update on the struggling U.S. economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he expects very slow growth in 2008, but no recession. Bernanke is trying to avoid a recession while keeping a lid on inflation. But so far, he's not getting much help. Inflation is up sharply, and housing prices keep falling.

President Bush has called once again for the House to adopt a Senate bill on foreign intelligence — and by noon, Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer was saying the House would take up a bill next week. Whether the bill includes the retroactive legal immunity for phone companies that the president demands was not immediately clear.

Advocates of NASA's plan to return to the moon are concerned that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said he will raid NASA's budget to fund education. While the issue of space exploration hasn't gotten much attention this campaign season, it is a topic on which the candidates do differ.