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Pakistan holds parliamentary elections Monday. The outcome could produce a parliament hostile to President Pervez Musharraf, who has seen his popularity plummet over the past year.

A presidential transition is apparently underway in Cuba. Fidel Castro, who has already given up power temporarily because of illness, says he will do so permanently.

Fidel Castro announced his resignation overnight in a letter online. The news won't be a shock to many Cubans, who are used to the idea that he is about to retire. The dictator has been sidelined due to illness for the past 18 months. The BBC's Cuba correspondent, Michael Voss, talks about the news.

Protesters in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, broke into the U.S. Embassy on Thursday and set some rooms on fire. The rioters were part of larger protests among Serbian nationalists opposed to the independence of Kosovo. A charred body was later found inside.

A Navy warship shot down a dying American spy satellite that was due to crash to Earth. The Pentagon said it feared if the satellite hit the ground and ruptured, it would release a toxic gas. But some think the Pentagon had an ulterior motive in shooting down the satellite.

Tell Me More remembers longtime civil rights activist Johnnie Rebecca Carr, who died Friday at the age of 97. Carr was a childhood friend of Rosa Parks, and led the Montgomery Improvement Association for decades. The organization was formed after Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the beginning of the Montgomery bus boycott.

NATO's expansion is the exact opposite of what Russia wanted, says Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. He spoke to NPR about its NATO's newest members, and when Ukraine might join them.

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.

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.