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Liane speaks with Ivan Watson from Benin about the plight of a ship reported to be carrying more than 100 children, alledgedly destined to work as slave laborers in Gabon. The ship has not been heard from since it left Cameroon last Thursday.

Anthony Kuhn reports on the conclusion of meetings between Chinese and American officials. Each side gave its own version of events between the U.S. spy plane and the Chinese fighter jet.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports the Israeli army is calling up large numbers of reservists to deal with the ongoing violence in the West Bank and Gaza. Some reservists complain that too many Israelis are successfully evading their national duty while others question the morality of serving in occupied territories.

NPR's Emily Harris reports that the FCC has voted to allow large TV networks to own smaller ones. The first company to benefit is Viacom which, now that it owns both CBS and UPN, would have faced selling the smaller network. The restriction that the FCC lifted had been intended to encourage programming diversity.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports a huge dust cloud that started in the deserts of Mongolia in western China has gradually made its way east, picking up industrial pollution on the way. It has now crossed the Pacific and reached North America, creating a haze from Arizona to western Canada.

Timothy McVeigh is scheduled to become the first person put to death by the federal government in 38 years. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on the recent history of, and controversy surrounding, the federal death penalty. (8:00) Check out other NPR News coverage of the death penalty.

Anthony Kuhn in Beijing reports U.S. and Chinese officials have concluded two days of talks on the April 1 collision of military planes over the South China Sea.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports that the Supreme Court hears arguments today in a case testing whether the federal government violates the free speech of food producers, when it compels them to contribute to national ad campaigns sponsored by the Agriculture Department.

A federal jury finds former WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers guilty on all counts for his role in an $11 billion accounting scandal. Tess Vigeland of Marketplace reports.

A judge, a court reporter and a deputy are killed at Atlanta's Fulton County Courthouse Friday. The man sought in the shooting, Brian Nichols, was in court on a rape charge and escaped by stealing a car.