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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.

When we think of Hawaiian music, we think of hula dancing, Don Ho and Elvis' Blue Hawaii. Liane talks to HAPA, two "local" musicians who have created a new sound of contemporary island tunes. (For more information about HAPA visit their website at http://www.hapa.com)

Liane speaks with NPR's Peter Kenyon about presidential campaign activity in the wake of developments in the Middle East and on the eve of the final debate in St. Louis on Tuesday between Vice President Al Gore and Governor George W. Bush.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr looks back at presidential debates in recent decades and detects a pattern about when telling moments happened in the past.

Weekend Edition Popular Culture Commentator Steven Stark looks at the media's trend to talk with ordinary voters for their opinions about political debates.