The sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are trying to cement a temporary truce which ended January's war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.But the fragile peace has been severely tested.
Will the Obama administration mark a shift from its predecessors in its Middle East policy, with particular regard to Iran and the Israeli Palestinian conflict?
Israel's incursion into Gaza dominated newspapers and news websites across the Middle East and beyond. And the divisions suggest that finding any kind of lasting peace in the Middle East will be an enormous challenge.
Millions of families in the U.S. are celebrating Halloween this Friday. Despite the looming recession, costume sales are set to hit a record 5.7 billion dollars this year - much of that spent on buying Palin, Obama and McCain masks.
The housing crisis and economic slowdown have contributed to a large increase in the number of people in homeless shelters. Our correspondents went to meet some of them in Cleveland, Ohio, where it was hard to find any Republican supporters.
Rural Ohio used to be staunch Republican territory. But farmers are disillusioned with John McCain's plans to cut their subsidies, and some will be voting for Barack Obama instead. The race in this swing state promises to be very close.
