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In Ukraine, a member of Parliament has blamed the president for the disappearance of journalist. A body resembling the journalist was found this month, but President Kuchma denies involvement. Charles Clover of the Financial Times reports.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports from Washington, where lawyers for the Presidential candidates are preparing for oral arguments Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case is moving forward in an atmosphere of increasing bitterness and partisanship.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on the bountyquest website: it's an internet-based service that offers rewards to people who research and invalidate wrongly-awarded patents, a growing concern as companies scramble to protect their innovations.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that between talk of tax cuts, social security, and foreign policy the issue of free trade has been virtually ignored by presidential candidates Al Gore and George Bush.

NPR's Madeleine Brand reports on yesterday's rally in Washington, D.C. for Green Party Presidential candidate Ralph Nader. Nader spoke to 10-thousand of his supporters.

NPR's Anne Garrels in Jerusalem reports two Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in clashes with Israeli troops today. But the level of violence was less intense amid hopes the latest truce agreement would begin to take hold.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on the new laws effective today that rule whether financial institutions can share information about consumers. The disclosure requirements could cost banks billions of dollars.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that a conference on global warming begins today in the Hague. Unless written agreements are made now, the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 could be in jeopardy.

Philippine President Joseph Estrada has been impeached on charges that he received millions of dollars in illegal payoffs. NPR's Eric Weiner reports that articles of impeachment will be sent to the Senate for a trial to determine whether Estrada should be removed from office.

With the ousting of president Slobodan Milosevic earlier this month, Yugoslavia is poised to re-enter the world community. But NPR's Anne Garrels reports the change is causing anxiety among Kosovar Albanians who fear their push for independence will suffer as much under the new government as the old.