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Liane talks with NPR's Ted Clark in Washington about diplomatic efforts leading up to tomorrow's Middle East summit conference in Sharm el Shiek, Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be joined by President Clinton in an effort to bring an end to recent violence in Israel.

Ten days after the uprising in Yugoslavia that ousted former President Slobodan Milosevic, the actions of the townspeople of Cacak stand out as some of the most dramatic in helping to bring Voislav Kosinica to power. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

Liane tells us about last night's Miss America competition and the crowning of Miss Hawaii, Angela Perez Baraquio, as Miss America 2001.

Host Lisa Simeone visits Southway Bowling Lanes, a neighborhood duckpin bowling alley in South Baltimore, which closes later this month. Lisa talks to Southway manager Alva Brown, who's worked there for 42 years, and Pat Turner, the developer who will remodel the property after October 31st.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the state of affairs in Israel and the Palestinian territories after some two weeks of hostilities between the Israeli army and Palestinians.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Biarritz, France on today's meeting between newly elected Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica and 15 European Union heads of state. The group offered support to the new president for rebuilding the war-torn country.

NPR's Anne Garrells reports on the state of the post-Milosevic economy in Yugoslavia.

Members of the liberal wing of the Democratic party are staking claim that they won't be ignored this Presidential election season. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

Liane speaks with Oxford University Fellow Theodore Zeldin about his new book Conversation: How Talk Can Change Our Lives. (Hidden Spring). Zeldin says it's time for a NEW conversation that includes all of society and all aspects of our lives.

Liane reads mail from listeners.