• United States: Prison Capital of the World
• Obama, Clinton Hope for Wins Today
• Kosovo's Serbian Minority Insecure
• Pakistan Wants Refugees to Return to Afghanistan
• Commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal: Prisonhouse of Nations

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Four states head to the polls: voters in Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island vote or caucus today, and in the case of Texas, they vote and caucus. Republican John McCain hopes to seal the nomination, while the Democratic race continues to unfold. More than 400 delegates are at stake for the Democrats, and the campaigning has become fierce in recent days. Ohio and Texas are crucial states to both candidates. Barack Obama hopes for wins to further his lead, while Hilary Clinton needs to win in order to justify a reason to stay in the race. And as the candidates are jockeying for votes, Ohio has undergone a drastic change in their election system, change that is meant to restore credibility in this state's elections. FSRN's Leigh Ann Caldwell reports from Ohio.

Pakistan's government wants to shut down more Afghan refugee camps this year and send the refugees home. Pakistan's commissioner of Afghan refugees said his organization is working on "realistic" plans. Some two million Afghans -- about eight percent of Afghanistan's pre war population - still lives in Pakistan. Zack Baddorf reports from Peshawar.

2.3 million people are behind bars in the United States – the highest incarceration rate in the world. A recent report by the Pew Center indicates that the US leads in percentage, growth and absolute number of prisoners worldwide. FSRN's Naji Mujahid takes a look at the conditions that prisoners face in the prison capital of the world.

Daily demonstrations against Kosovo's declaration of independence continue on the Serbian side of the divided city of Mitrovica. Serbian members of the police force – one of the few ethnically-integrated institutions in Kosovo – have turned in their badges, refusing to work under the new authorities. Amy Miller reports from Mitrovica, Kosovo, on the minority's fears for their future and security.