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House Majority Leader Dick Armey said today that he will not replace the members of a four-person ethics subcommittee that is investigating allegations against House Speaker Newt Gingrich. But Armey left open the question of whether he will replace other members of the full Ethics Committee. Democrats are accusing the Republicans of playing politics with Gingrich's case by trying to use an obscure House rule to reconstitute the Ethics Committee. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that the United States stood by its opposition to renewing the term of office of UN Secretary General Boutros-Ghali by vetoing a Security Council resolution to renew his appointment for another five years. The veto sets the stage for what promises to be a long and acrimonious argument between the US and the rest of the world, which wants to see Boutros-Ghali get another term.

NPR'S Vicki O'Hara reports that the resignation of Secretary of State Warren Christopher raises some uncertainties about U-S foreign policy. Chief among them is how the changes in the Clinton Administration will affect U.S. relations with China. Experts say the issues at stake -- from the treatment of dissidents, to the controversy over Taiwan to trade issues -- are immediate and explosive.

A source close to the case says President Clinton's former Whitewater real estate partner, James McDougal, has been cooperating with the independent counsel, apparently in an attempt to get a lenient sentence. McDougal was convicted of fraud and conspiracy for improperly using federally-backed funds. President Clinton was not charged in the case but testified in support of McDougal and his codefendants. NPR's Jon Greenberg has a report.

Challenger Bob Dole has been criticizing President Clinton over indirect campaign contributions from Indonesian business interests. The donors have contributed more than 400-thousand dollars to the Democratic National Committee. Critics say, in return, the administration may have used its influence to help the Indonesian corporation. The White House says it did not do anything in exchange for the contribution. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

The Senate race in Massachusetts promised everything voters want in an election: two smart, popular candidates...the incumbent Senator, John Kerry, and the current governor of Massachusetts, William Weld; seven issue-oriented debates; and a voluntary limit on campaign spending. But the race has been tight for months and as election day draws near, the mud is flying and the voluntary spending caps both candidates had imposed are off. From member station WBUR, Patrick Cox reports.

Linda talks with BBC reporter Alan Pearce about reaction in Afghanistan to the latest events in Kabul. After the takeover of the nation by the Islamic Taleban military regime, there has been concern about Afghani human rights and possible violations. Women are especially concerned about the new prohibitions on women in the workplace, and many fear leaving their homes after recent beating of women who were simply out doing household shopping.

President Clinton finishes a four-day campaign swing throught the West today, where he hopes to solidify his support...especially in states like Washington. But even though public opinion polls show Clinton well ahead in the presidential race there, some Washington voters are not terribly enthusiastic about re-electing the president. NPR's David Molpus reports.

Republican vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp has a difficult job with the Dole campaign. He wants to stay "above the fray" and preserve his reputation for a possible run for the presidency in the year 2000, but many Dole aides think he needs to be tougher in his attacks on the Clinton administration. Kemp also feels strongly about his supply-side economic proposals and some of those issues are being lost in the final days of the campaign. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem that behind last month's eruption of violence over an obscure archaeological tunnel lies the bigger issue troubling the city's future: the challenge to the status quo whereby each religion respects and honors the holy places of their rival religions. That Palestinians are sensitive to each and every change in the makeup of Old Jerusalem can be explained by the fact that militant Zionists are insisting on encroaching and praying in the Muslim's holy sanctuary of Haram al Sahrif, on top of the Temple Mount.