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NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports the United States is making fresh efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian violence and revive the Middle East peace process. But Arab analysts say U-S influence in the region is waning because of Washington's pro-Israel bias.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports the Israeli-Palestinian violence continued today, even as Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak prepare for talks in Washington aimed at reviving the peace process. Officials on both sides see little hope for an early return to the negotiating table.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports there were rare signs of optimism from Israeli and Palestinian leaders today. Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat spoke by telephone and again agreed to implement the provisions of last month's truce accord. On the ground, however, the violence continued.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports Israel's Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon is continuing efforts to form a coalition government. Once in office, Sharon's first move may be to seek reforms to an electoral system that many Israelis say makes the country all but ungovernable.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem. They discuss Palestinian mortar-fire aimed at Jewish settlements in Gaza, and President Bush's phone call to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reads from listeners' letters. Listeners commented on the Chrisitian beliefs of America's Founding Fathers, volunteering and digital photography's role in the current scrapbooking craze.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden examines the impact of the Ukrainian crisis on Russia's relations with the West. She talks to Stephen Sestanovich, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Boudewijn Johannes van Eenennaam, the Dutch Ambassador to Washington.

Ken Smith is the author of Junk English 2, a book about the often meaningless words and phrases Americans love to use. He sees the language "spiraling downward." Hear Smith and NPR's Jennifer Ludden.

The TV show American Idol has lost two of its judges in two days. Both Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler have announced they're leaving the show.

How do you photograph memory? It's a question that fine-art photographer Jennifer Karady is exploring. And not just any memory, but memories of war brought home by veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.