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Perhaps nowhere is the standoff over Iran's nuclear enrichment program followed more closely than in Los Angeles' Iranian-American community. Known as Tehrangeles, it's the biggest community of Iranians outside Iran.

British police continue their search for four terrorists wanted for bombing the London subway and bus system last week. The police are also trying to repair community relations in south London after anti-terrorist officers shot dead an innocent Brazilian man Friday. He was mistaken for a suspected terrorist.

A U.N. probe finds evidence of involvement by both Syrian and Lebanese officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri earlier this year. The report indicates a need for further inquiry, and the Lebanese have asked the United Nations to continue its probe until Dec. 15, when the mandate runs out.

Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and an associate will face fraud charges in federal court, related to the purchase of a cruise line. A federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., indicted Abramoff and Adam Kidan on six counts each: one of conspiracy and 5 of wire fraud.

Host Michele Norris has a remembrance for ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings, who has died of lung cancer at the age of 67. Jennings manned the anchor desk for parts of five decades.

A recent report from Amnesty International got the White House's attention by comparing the U.S. detention center at Guatanamo Bay, Cuba, to Soviet prison camps. The administration denounced the report's contents and the organization that produced it.

The Senate began considering President Bush's comprehensive energy proposal on Tuesday. The debate is expected to continue for weeks. Democrats argue that it does not do enough to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil.

The Base Closure and Realignment Commission this week will hold its first public hearing (in Rapid City, S.D.) since releasing its base closure list. Communities and congressional members that are facing changes are preparing to make their cases.

In the U.S. Senate, lawmakers are considering changes to a massive energy bill. Over the past four years, this bill has already fallen short of passage several times. Some legislators welcome the debate after the heated partisan fights over judicial nominees.

Thirty-three years after a break-in at the Watergate hotel, one more mystery is solved. The Washington Post has confirmed that former FBI official W. Mark Felt was Deep Throat, a confidential source who guided the newspaper's coverage of the scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation. The Post's David Von Drehle interviewed Bob Woodward, who held secret meetings with Felt, and discusses the unmasking of Deep Throat.