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NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on diplomatic moves aimed at reviving attempts to end the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo's new President Joseph Kabila met in Washington with Rwanda's leader Paul Kagame, who backs a Congolese rebel faction.

President Bush was the featured guest and speaker today at midwinter retreats held by Congressional Republicans in Williamsburg, Virginia and by Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Robert Siegel talks with Tehran-based reporter Geneive Abdo about the ongoing confrontation between conservatives and reformists in Iran. Reformist President Mohammed Khatami is under pressure from his own supporters for failing to enact the reforms he promised.

Economic numbers from the government today paint two different pictures of the state of the economy. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports unemployment kicked up a bit in January, but businesses added more than a quarter-million new jobs to their payrolls.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on how the election of Ariel Sharon as the new Israeli prime minister may force the Bush administration to deal with the Middle East sooner than it had expected.

NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem reports there were sporadic incidents of violence in the West Bank and Gaza today. Two teenage Palestinians were killed. But the level of violence has clearly dropped, and diplomatic efforts are intensifying to revive the peace process.

NPR's Margo Adler reports on Diablo 2, a hot new computer game from Blizzard Entertainment that's got everyone from grade school kids to professionals glued to the screen. The goal is to kill the monster, and the game, though violent, is full of surprises.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that tech stocks have taken a beating over the past two days. A failure of some computer chip makers to meet profit expectations triggered falling prices in overall technology stocks.

NPR's Mike Shuster in Ramallah reports on a day of Israeli helicopter attacks on Palestinian targets in the West Bank and Gaza, in retaliation for the murder of Israeli soldiers by angry Palestinians. The soldiers apparently made a wrong turn into Israeli territory, and were attacked.

NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on efforts to use cloning to increase the numbers of some endangered species. Scientists say they have successfully cloned an ox-like animal called a gaur. But they acknowledge that it will take much more than cloning technology to ensure the long-term survival of this and other species on the edge of extinction.