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- Scott Horsley reports on a case in San Diego where a man is suing his doctor for keeping him alive against his will. Ray Noonkester wrote a living will when he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, which expressed his desire to refuse life support. His doctor later went against Noonkester's request, because he thought the patient had a change of heart.

Ted Clark reports that after a meeting between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and President Clinton today both leaders expressed the hope that Israel would not abandon the peace process begun with the historic Oslo accords. But they also voiced concern about the impact on that peace process of reported plans by Israel to build two new highways into the occupied West Bank.

Newt Gingrich to a second term as Speaker of the House, when the new Congress convenes tomorrow. Several House Republicans have expressed hesitation about supporting Gingrich, but he is expected to have little or no trouble getting the number of votes he needs.

It's a chubby little puff of a fish with big expressive eyes, a lovely metallic color and enough neurotoxins in its body to kill dozens of human predators. But if it's expertly prepared, it's considered a rare treat. NPR's Ketzel Levine takes a break from Talking Plants to profile fugu, and meets some food lovers who covet its taste.

Commentator Bill Miles was once a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa. Now a professor at Northeastern University in Boston, he receives e-mails from an African village. Despite the townspeople's poverty and daily tribulations, they wrote to express concern about his son, Sam. The Africans have heard about school shootings in the U.S. and wonder if Sam is safe.

A grisly videotape recorded inside a kosher slaughterhouse depicts what the animal rights group PETA says is evidence of animal cruelty. But people in Iowa and kosher authorities are expressing support for the owners of the slaughterhouse. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

Baghdad University students and academics express outrage at the dismissal of the school's board-elected president. Iraq's new minister of higher education, appointed by the nation's governing council, says Sami al-Muhdafal was an ineffective administrator. But critics say the firing came after Muhdafal criticized the council. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

Actors posing for photographer Howard Schatz's book In Character: Actors Acting weren't allowed to just sit pretty. Schatz gave them dramatic scenarios, and then captured the expressive results. Schatz and actress Martha Plimpton, who is among those featured, talk about the book.

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expresses "deep remorse" for Japan's World War II invasion of its neighbors. The apology is an effort to mend Sino-Japanese relations after a series of anti-Japan protests in China.

The FBI questions political protesters to learn more about the potential for violence at this summer's political conventions. The FBI says potential crimes, not political expression, sparked its interest in the Democratic Convention, held last month. The Republican National Convention begins Aug. 30 in New York. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.