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French charity workers planned a flight for more than 100 African children who were heading to foster care in Europe. The children were supposedly orphans from the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, but United Nations officials found the vast majority are not orphans, and aren't from Darfur.

A Spanish delivers verdicts for 27 men and one woman charged in connection with the Madrid train bombings in 2004. Charges range from masterminding the attack to stealing dynamite to building the bombs. They detonated on four commuter trains, killing 191 people.

A new documentary by acclaimed director Jonathan Demme, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains, charts the rise of an ex-president. And Darfur Now considers the human toll in the Sudanese conflict.

The Black AIDS Institute and LIFE AIDS recently held their fourth annual Community Town Hall on HIV/AIDS. Hear from a panel of young people who spoke about living and working with HIV and AIDS. They share their thoughts on combating the disease.

Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples tie the knot as same sex-marriage becomes legal in California. San Francisco's City Hall was a popular spot Tuesday.

The American Medical Association (AMA) is apologizing for years of discriminatory practices against African-Americans within the medical community. Dr. Ronald Davis, immediate past president of the organization, discusses what inspired the apology. Davis is joined by Dr. Carl Bell, a black doctor, who says the AMA still has a long way to go.

History is being made with the shocking resignation of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer following a prostitution scandal. Lt. Gov. David Paterson will become New the state's first African-American governor. Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins and State Senator Malcolm Smith discuss Paterson's career.

A 19-year-old man charged with first-degree murder was found dead while in police custody in Prince George's County, Md. Washington Post reporter Aaron Davis says the Maryland State Police has been asked to conduct an independent investigation.

A new poll by the Pew Research Center shows that many African-Americans say they can no longer be seen as a single race. Work ethic and education are creating a class divide. Nearly 40 percent of low-income blacks say they have nothing in common with middle-income and poor blacks.

In this week's Wisdom Watch, Pulitzer-winning journalist Roger Wilkins, a professor of History and American Culture at George Mason University, discusses the new Pew poll on racial attitudes, which examines political polarization and collaboration, and journalism.