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NPR's David Baron reports on the effects on the environment in Atlanta that will result from the staging of the Olympic Games there this month. Some of the benefits include the planting of more trees, extra traffic lanes and improved traffic control mechanisms. Yet fast-growing Atlanta will get a taste of its future as it tries to cope with the strains on its sewage system, air quality, and traffic that the large crowds and Olympic contigents will create.

Noah talks with NPR's Martha Raddatz about the latest developments with regard to Iraq. The White House has reported that Iraqi troops have not withdrawn from their positions in northern Iraq...an area which has been designated as a safe haven by the United Nations for the Kurdish peoples who live there. They'll discuss what's happening, and the timeline for an American response to this latest show of strength by Saddam Hussein.

It's not easy running against an incumbent president, who's all but guaranteed to grab daily headlines by virtue of his office. Add to that the Middle East summit President Clinton is hosting...and start the baseball playoffs... and Republican nominee Bob Dole finds himself struggling for attention. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

Twenty-five years ago, the New York State prison at Attica erupted in a bloody riot that left forty-three people dead. The incident led to a number of important prison reforms that improved conditions for inmates, and gave them greater access to the courts. Now, the popularity of tough-on-crime measures has contributed to longer sentences and tougher conditions in most prisons. Sandy Tolan reports.

NPR's Vicki O'Hara reports that the historic Chemical Weapons Treaty has been pulled from consideration by the United States Senate. The treaty needs ratification from only two more countries to take effect. This historic treaty...initiated by President Reagan and supported by President's Bush and Clinton...is opposed by conservative Republicans.

Ted Clark reports from Washington that though the new Congressional bill mandating sanctions against those doing business with Libya and Iran was passed overhelmingly and will be signed by President Clinton, there are many aspects of the bill that trouble the White House and some in Congress. The fact is, this effort to legislate punitive damages to citizens of third party states in a dispute is one sure to be opposed by our allies.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that President Bill Clinton has vowed to punish Saddam Hussein for attacking Kurds in Northern Iraq, but there is little more he can do to isolate Iraq diplomatically. Iraq is already suffering under severe economic sanctions and the United States seems to have few options short of military strikes to retaliate against Iraq's latest aggression.

NPR'S Ann Cooper reports that the United Nations is divided over how to respond to the U.S. airstrikes over Iraq. Unlike during the Persian Gulf War, the U.S. does not enjoy wide support for the military action. And some diplomats are charging the strikes were designed to help Clinton's re-election campaign.

Robert talks with Leslie Susser, a political correspondent for the Jerusalem Report in Israel. They discuss the meeting today between Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat. The meeting featured a confrontation between Israel's Science Minister, Benny Begin, and Netanyahu, who repeatedly threatened to fire any minister who openly defied his policies.

NPR's Linda Gradstein and Eric Weiner each report on some voices of grief from the Middle East. The families of an Israeli solider and a Palestinian policeman killed last week in four days of armed clashes speak about the sad realities of what happens when the peace process... which they had hoped would supplant hatred... breaks down.