The BBC World Service 's Ben Sutherland blogged from London as the curtain came down on the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

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Today on The World: Vice President Cheney sends Russia a message from Ukraine; also, the new U.S. ambassador to Lebanon gets good reviews from the Lebanese; and journalist Helene Cooper tells the story of her family and her homeland -- Liberia.

Vice President Dick Cheney today met with leaders in Ukraine, one of the former Soviet states worried about Russia's recent military actions. Cheney said the United States is committed to Ukraine's security and freedom. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in Kiev.

Rice meets with Colonel Gaddafi

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice went to Libya today. It's the highest-level U.S. visit to Libya in more than fifty years. The World's Alex Gallafent reports on how the visit came about.

Susan and Dan Cohen lost their only child, Theodora, when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Scotland. Libya has accepted responsibility for the plane's bombing. Marco Werman speaks to Susan Cohen about today's visit to Libya by Secretary of State Condolezza Rice.

Marco Werman speaks with author Helene Cooper about her memoir, "The House at Sugar Beach - In Search of a Lost African Childhood." It tells the story of Cooper's family in Liberia -- and by extension chronicles Liberia's history -- from its founding by freed American slaves to its modern civil war.

Helene Cooper

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World's Matthew Bell, who has just finished covering both the Democratic and Republican conventions.

Michelle Sison was confirmed this summer as the new U.S. ambassador to Lebanon. She's determined to connect with ordinary Lebanese. The World's Aaron Schachter spent a day trying to keep up with her.

Armenia and Turkey will play each other in a soccer game tomorrow. The game's a diplomatic breakthrough. The two countries have had a hostile relationship for over a century, after hundreds of thousands of Armenians were killed during the decline of the Turkish Ottoman empire. Marco Werman speaks with Suren Musayelyan, a sports reporter in Armenia.