Palestinian crowds have forced the Israeli army to call off three airstrikes since yesterday. The Palestinians have volunteered to serve as human shields. The World's Aaron Schachter reports.

The World's Jessie Graham has an update on the terror suspects still being held by the US military at its detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Lawyers for the detainees want the government to reveal why the men are still being held. They are challenging the Bush Administration's denial of habeas corpus.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with t BBC's Baghdad correspondent David Loyn about new diplomatic initiatives from Iran and Syria to help Iraq and Washington's ambivalent response.