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Over the weekend, at least 28 people were shot and four died in smaller instances of gun violence in the city.

In the crowded cities of the world, cramped conditions and poor sanitation help breed new diseases. As health officials worry about a new outbreak of SARS or a similar epidemic this fall, their attention is on the developing world. NPR's Brenda Wilson travels to Lagos, Nigeria, to examine how a faulty public infrastructure could lead to calamity.

In the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk, nearly 300 invited delegates meet to choose a 30-member municipal council with help from American organizers. A final announcement of the council's composition was delayed until Sunday after objections from some participants. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.

Delivering humanitarian aid to Iraq remains a daunting challenge despite U.S. military successes. Dominic MacSorley of the group Concern Worldwide is in Basra to assess the needs in that southern Iraqi city. He speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.

Senior correspondent Juan Williams speaks with NPR's Eric Westervelt in Baghdad about the U.S. military taking tentative steps to restore law and order in the Iraqi capital city.

Efforts begin to bring life back to normal in the Iraqi city of Kut. Police, schools, and regular paychecks are on the agenda, but some residents of Kut wish the U.S. forces would just go home. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

Along the Tigris in Baghdad, locals who are lucky enough to catch a prized river fish, split open the belly, and grill Mazgouf on an open wood fire. It's Iraq's traditional dish and for the past two months, no one was making it. But with life coming back to the city... however slowly... Mazgouf makes a proud comeback. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

Using In the time of If corporate America turns to Silicon Valley for design innovation today, a century ago it looked to Toledo, Ohio. For Weekend All Things Considered, David D'Arcy reports that the Toledo Museum of Art has now devoted an entire exhibition to the city's sterling legacy of industrial design. And view a gallery of photos of some of Toledo's signature examples.

As the 2004 presidential election begins to heat up, All Things Considered plays excerpts from stump speeches made by Democratic candidates for the nomination. On Monday we hear an excerpt of a speech North Carolina Sen. John Edwards gave recently in Sioux City, Iowa.

Hurricane Ivan roars into Jamaica with 150 mph winds and drenching rain. But a shift in the Category 4 storm's path spares the capital city of Kingston from Ivan's full fury. The storm could hit Florida Monday. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and Kevin Sullivan of The Washington Post.