Today's Woman discusses New Years celebrations across the globe.

News & Views: Latest news from Pakistan and the ongoing investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. A phoner from our Rome stringer Ahmad Rafat on the Pope's mass and message commemorating "World Day of Peace." News Years celebrations worldwide. An American diplomat in Khartoum, Sudan dies from gunshot wounds in an attack that also killed his Sudanese driver. Latest from Kenya and the turmoil gripping that nation. An interview with Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi on the importance of free and fair elections this March in Iran. An Azerbaijani political activist discusses reports that a political prisoner has been tortured in Iran.

Roundtable hosts Georgetown sociologist Dr. Mehrdad Mosheyeki and psychologist Nelly Farnoudi to discuss socio-psychological methods used by a totalitarian regime to control its people.

Late Edition has the latest from the tumultuous political situation in Pakistan.

NewsTalk discusses the latest news from Iran including inflation woes and their impact on the March elections. Today's participants include contributors Rob Sobhani and Nasser Mohammadi as well as political journalist Iradj Fatemi from Paris.