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  • NPR's Kate Seelye in Amman reports Arab leaders opened summit talks in the Jordanian capital today. The Palestinian issue tops the agenda, but there are fears that continued tensions between Iraq and Kuwait could mar efforts to present a united Arab stand at the summit.
  • This year, the Zuni tribe of western New Mexico celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Zuni Fitness Series, a model program designed to combat diabetes by building on tribal traditions of running and physical activity. Kate Davidson reports for All Things Considered.
  • Thousands of volunteers head to Iraq from other Arab states to fight the United States and Britain. Some say they are responding to calls for holy war. NPR's Kate Seeleye reports.
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, is all about erasing memories. Happily, NPR's Bob Mondello says the film itself is unforgettable.
  • From Cairo, Kate Seelye reports on Arab reaction to the election results in Israel. Some Arab analysts fear that Ariel Sharon's ascension to power means an escalation of conflict between Israel and its neighbors.
  • Kate Seelye in Beirut reports Ariel Sharon is linked to a massacre at Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon. Although Christian Lebanese militiamen carried out the killings, survivors say Sharon was ultimately to blame.
  • Kate Seelye in Cairo reports the Arab world is bracing for trouble in anticipation of a Sharon victory in the Israeli election Tuesday. State-owned newspapers in Egypt have launched scathing attacks on Sharon, and some Arab analysts say they fear he could lead the region to more violence.
  • NPR's Kate Seelye reports from Damascus on efforts to restore many of the city's old homes, which are considered architectural and artistic treasures. After the exodus of the Syrian middle class in the 1950s and 1960s, many of these homes have been damaged by subdivision and neglect.
  • NPR's Kate Seelye in Beirut reports sectarian tensions are rising again in Lebanon as the country marks the 26th anniversary of the start of its long and bloody civil war. A debate over Syria's continued military presence has exacerbated tensions between Lebanon's Christians and Muslims.
  • Rufus Wainwright — the son of folksingers Loudon Wainwright the III and Kate McGarrigle — is out with a second album of his own. It's called Poses. Music Reviewer Tom Moon tells us about it.
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