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NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on the one-year anniversary of protests against global trade talks in Seattle. Police say demonstrators refused to leave after the anniversary rally ended. About 50-75 people were arrested, and police used pepper spray to disperse others.

Reporter Steven Dudley profiles the southern Colombia province of Putumayo, which is at the center of both the drug trade and Colombia's long-running left-wing rebellion. Life for the people of Putumayo has grown even worse since the Colombian government -- with major US backing -- launched its campaign against drug trafficking.

NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem reports Israel's Prime Minister Barak unveiled a new interim peace proposal today, but it was quickly rejected by the Palestinians. Barak offered the Palestinian statehood in parts of the West Bank and Gaza, but suggested putting off decisions on some of the key issues including the status of Jerusalem and the fate of the Palestinian refugees.

NPR's Robert Smith reports on the latest findings from international tests in math and science from 38 nations. The results announced today place U.S. 8th graders in the middle of the pack, with little improvement since the last time the tests were given in 1995.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the latest in the effort to unseat Philippine president Joseph Estrada. Filipinos send 30 million cell phone "text messages" daily- more than anywhere else in the world. Activists are using the technology to organize rallies and respond instantly to the latest corruption charges.

A circuit court judge in Leon County, Florida is hearing testimony today. Judge Sanders Sauls will hear arguments from lawyers for Vice President Gore and Governor Bush about whether to recount a million ballots from two Florida counties. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

Scientists may probe distant galaxies and the depths of atoms, but they still don't know how to explain the dying wobbles of a spinning coin as it comes to rest. NPR's Joe Palca reports on some ground breaking experiments now taking place in laboratories across the world.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on US efforts to force the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan to hand over Osama Bin Laden, the Saudi Arabian terrorist who is suspected of planning the attack last month in Yemen on the USS Cole. Today the US and Russia will try to have the United Nations impose an arms embargo against Afghanistan.

The special education law signed 25 years ago today by President Gerald Ford profoundly changed the way the public schools teach millions of children with disabilities, requiring that those students be included in regular classrooms whenever possible. NPR's Robert Smith reports on the birth, and the legacy, of the law.

Alex van Oss reports on the latest exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., centered on the workplace. On the Job: Design and the American Office displays different office technology through the years while examining how changing attitudes about the workplace have changed its look.