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"Mr. Las Vegas" Wayne Newton will be CNN's special guest at the glitzy Republican primary debate in Nevada on Tuesday night. (Associated Press)
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"Otherwise, remember what happened in Uganda's capital," said al-Shabab spokesman Ali Mohamud Rage in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Monday. (Associated Press)
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Preschool students at the Lessie Bates Davis Family Resource Center in East St. Louis, Ill., watch a new episode of "Sesame Street" on Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/The Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)
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Francois Hollande, who won the vote for the French Socialist Party's presidential candidate, speaks in Paris on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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British Foreign Secretary William Hague (left) shakes hands with Libyan interim leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the head of the governing National Transitional Council, in Tripoli, Libya, on Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid al-Fergany)
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**FILE** Al-Shabab fighters display weapons as they conduct military exercises Oct. 21, 2010, in northern Mogadishu, Somalia. (Associated Press)
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A Chinese soldier stands guard at the entrance to the military museum in Beijing on Oct. 17, 2011. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks at the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the Mall on Sunday. The president said that King's achievements did not come easily or swiftly, but added that the civil rights leader persevered and prevailed. (Associated Press)
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U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos (center left) shakes hands with North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Pak Kil-yon on her arrival at the Pyongyang airport on Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. (AP Photos/APTN)
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Police look on as protesters, who are part of the Occupy London Stock Exchange demonstration, continue their demonstration outside St Paul's Cathedral in London on Sunday. There were also protests in Rome and Amsterdam. (Associated Press)
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Marjane Satrapi's adaptation of her graphic novels about growing up during Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution has been called a "serious attack on the religious beliefs of Muslims" by a Muslim imam.
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Charter-school executive Jerry Lewis is challenging Arizona state Senate President Russell Pearce in a Nov. 8 recall election. Both men are Mormon Republicans competing in a GOP district dominated by conservative Mormons. (Associated Press)
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Christine King Farris, a sister of Martin Luther King, greets Herman "Skip" Mason, general president of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, after Sunday's memorial dedication. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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The Washington Redskins can't stop Philadelphia Eagles Jeremy Maclin (18) from gaining 59 yards during the third quarter. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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A deep pass intended for Washington Redskins Jabar Gaffney (10) is intercepted by Philadelphia Eagles Nate Allen (29) during the second quarter. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Police look on as protesters, who are part of the Occupy London Stock Exchange demonstration, continue their demonstration outside St Paul's Cathedral in London on Sunday. There were also protests in Rome and Amsterdam. (Associated Press)
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"What a blessing," singer Harry Belafonte says about his life, which includes a key role in the civil rights movement. HBO will air a biography titled "Sing Your Song" about the "activist who turned artist" starting Monday at 10 p.m. (Associated Press)
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In 1948, Harry S. Truman displayed a copy of the Chicago Tribune that incorrectly reported he had lost the presidential election to Thomas E. Dewey. Truman ultimately won re-election while running against a do-nothing Congress. (Associated Press)
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South Koreans stage a protest Wednesday against the free-trade agreement between South Korea and the United States near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul. Congress last week approved the long-pending agreement with Seoul, a landmark trade pact expected to bring the two allies closer together. (Associated Press)
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said, "We shall never have troops coming to fight for us. I cannot accept foreign troops to come and fight for me. We have the capacity to fight our wars." He said U.S. personnel will gather intelligence. (Associated Press)
