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NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports the fate of Palestinian refugees remains a key stumbling block in efforts to forge a final peace deal. Palestinians say the refugees have the right to return to homes in what is now Israel. Israelis of all political stripes say that can never happen.

With two days to go before the Israeli election for Prime Minister, the candidates - Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon - are using very different advertising strategies in their race to become Prime Minister. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem.

The town of Gulf Shores, on Alabama's Gulf Coast, is fighting the erosion of its beaches by five years of major hurricanes. Such erosion threatens not only public safety, but also the booming tourist trade on the coast. From member station WUWF, Sandra Averhart reports.

Likud party challenger Ariel Sharon defeated Prime Minister Ehud Barak in a record-setting landslide in yesterday's election for Israeli prime minister. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that a defamation lawsuit against Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy has been dismissed. Liddy's victory in court may lend some credence to revisionist theories of the 1972 Watergate break-in.

The mauling death of a 33-year-old woman in San Francisco by a 120-pound dog has raised many questions about the owners -- two prison inmates with alleged ties to a white supremacist group, and an illegal dog breeding scheme. Jay Field reports from San Francisco.

Craig Fahle of member station WDET reports on a small Michigan town -- Hamtramck -- that's literally surrounded by the city of Detroit. Hamtramck is trying to free itself from state financial control. Before it can, it must reconcile the old and the new, as the Polish old-timers fight revitalization efforts that cater to a new kind of resident.

Secretaries of state from around the U.S. have been meeting in Washington, D.C., to discuss election reform. NPR's Pam Fessler reports on the move to improve the election process in the hopes of avoiding another Florida situation.

Ivan Watson reports that residents of Gueckedou, Guinea, are now returning to their homes after Guinean government troops recaptured the city from rebels this week. The town is situated along one of the most dangerous borders in Africa, and fighting in the area continues.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports the Bush Administration made it clear today that it intends to comply with the decision of a NAFTA arbitration panel on cross-border trucking. In a unanimous decision, the panel held that the U.S. ban on Mexican trucks was a violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.