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N-P-R's Ted Clark previews the upcoming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington. The Camp David talks broke down last July over control of Jerusalem. U.S. mediators are expected to stress to both sides that time for negotiations are limited due to the November elections: the change in administrations could cause a stall in peace talks if agreements are not reached soon.

The latest ad being run by the Republican National Committee accuses the current administration, including Democratic nominee Al Gore, of failing the nation by allowing school test scores to fall dangerously behind. The ad says American school children's math and science scores are now the lowest in the world. NPR's Steve Inskeep takes a look at the information behind the ad.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports that although Russian forces continue to lose men in Chechnya nearly every day, the war rarely grabs headlines any more. Soldiers who have fought there complain the war is bogging down, but few Russians are demanding publicly that their government revise its strategy, seek a political settlement, or pull out of Chechnya.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush's claim that America is 'suffering from an education recession.' Bush hopes to use his criticism of the Clinton-Gore administration education policies to win the support of female voters.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on the latest developments on Sunday's Presidential elections in Yugoslavia. The official results from the elections have not been made public yet. Yesterday the Yugoslav Federal Electoral Commission said it would announce the results of Sunday's elections by Thursday evening.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Caracas, Venezuela, where high ranking representatives of oil exporting countries are gathering for a summit. OPEC leaders will discuss how to respond to demands for increasing oil production, as a way of lowering petroleum prices. They're not expected to take any action that would drive oil prices below twenty-five dollars a barrel.

NPR's Uri Berliner reports from Sydney, Australia that most of the major league baseball teams have sent scouts to the Sydney games. The scouts are there to evaluate players especially pitchers in an effort to find new talents from various countries around the world.

Matthew Ferguson of Michigan Public Radio reports on the ruling against Ameritech. The Chicago-based phone service was fined for failing to clear the credit record of a customer who was wrongly billed for an account. The company, which serves five Midwestern states, has been under investigation in Indiana and Wisconsin for slow repair and service lapses.

The US women's softball team won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics Tuesday in the hardest possible fashion. As NPR's Tom Goldman reports, the team was considered unbeatable after a two-year winning streak of 112 games. But it lost three straight games in the early round of competition, nearly putting it out of medal contention. The US then fought back and swept the three teams -- China, Australia and Japan -- it lost to earlier in the tournament.

NPR's Peter Kenyon has a roundup of the legislative activity in Congress, as members try to conclude business, so they can return home and campaign for the election.