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Colin Fogarty of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on the bad reputation that the Immigration and Naturalization Service has in Portland. Tensions boiled over last month when the agency jailed and strip-searched an innocent Chinese woman.

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem reports the ongoing peace summit at Camp David is prompting dueling demonstrations in Israel, with supporters and opponents of the peace process taking to the streets.

NPR's Neal Conan says that being at the ballpark, broadcasting a minor league baseball game can be more exciting than reporting from a national political convention.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore are trying to stay "on message" while getting in a few jabs at each other.

Today marks the one-year anniversary of East Timor's vote for independence. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

Chris Simpson of the BBC reports that during his Africa trip, President Clinton is expected to attend the signing of a peace agreement ending the civil war in Burundi. But there are still doubts that the agreement will actually be signed, and whether everyone will abide by it if it is.

Owen Bennett-Jones reports Floods in Vietnam over the past few weeks have killed more than one hundred people and caused millions of dollars in damage to property and farmland.

NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports that the expense of widespread flu vaccination shots might outweigh their effectiveness. A study with these findings is published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.

Haystack Toys has a new business plan and a big part of their strategy is to work with small independent inventors to come up with new ideas and products. Chris Arnold reports.

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem reports there were more clashes in Gaza and the West Bank today, but the level of violence appeared to taper off following U.S. led efforts to forge a durable truce.