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NPR's Jennifer Ludden profiles Marwan Barghouti, one of the chief organizers of the Palestinian uprising in the West Bank. Barghouti says he believes the violence will eventually create better conditions for peace talks with Israel.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports Israel's symphony orchestra played the music of Richard Wagner in concert Friday, the first time the orchestra has ever presented works by Hitler's favorite composer.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Baghdad that cracks are appearing in the decade-old United Nations embargo against Iraq. Iraqi officials seem increasingly confident that the crippling sanctions will soon be a thing of the past.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from the Gaza strip, where five months of fighting and Israeli-imposed control measures have left the Palestinian territories on the verge of economic collapse.

Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem about today's vote by members of Israel's Labor Party to join a national unity government with supporters of Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on a suicide car bombing today in a Tel Aviv suburb which killed two people and left more than 30 wounded.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Gaza reports Israeli troops and tanks stormed into Palestinian refugee camp early today. It was Israel's first military incursion into Palestinian-ruled territory since the violence began last September.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that the president of Burundi has sought refuge at the U.S. embassy in Bujumbura amid reports of increasing unrest in the country's capital. The United States is also warning against any attempt to overthrow Burundi's government by force.

Jennifer Griffin reports on the day of mourning in Lebanon. Even as services were being held, Israeli shells were falling near Cana, the site of last Thursday's shelling, where some 100 refugees were killed.

- Daniels talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Kigali, Rwanda about the escalating turmoil in Zaire. Fierce gunfighting in the town of Goma, forced international aid workers to flee the area today leaving some one million refugees without adequate food or water.