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NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the last hurdle to normalizing trade relations with China. Tennessee Republican Senator Fred Thompson has sponsored a bill that would authorize sanctions against China for assisting in nuclear proliferation. The Clinton administration is critical of this attempt to legislate foreign policy mandates, and says it threatens to undermine the relationship between the U.S. and China.

Beach-goers in Delaware have long considered horseshoe crabs the scourge of the shore. They rotted by the hundreds, stinking up the beach. But now the number of crabs spawning on the beaches is way down, and Bruce Schimmel reports local residents are trying to protect them. (4:30) note: music button following this piece on the air was from Sting's album "The Dream of the Blue Turtles," on A&M records.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on the new-found political clout of Native Americans. While their votes can decide tight races in a few Western states, it's the money of gaming tribes which is now exercising wider influence. Some tribes are making sizeable donations to presidential and legislative campaigns. Others are using their business profits to both govern themselves and to protect their land and cultural heritage.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports that China has executed three members of a group seeking to set up a Muslim state in the restive northwestern province of Xinjiang.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Richard Knox about findings presented yesterday at the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. Studies from several countries have shown that it is feasible to give anti-AIDS treatment to poor populations and to people with high levels of viral infection...but the cost of these treatments still poses a problem.

Host Bob Edwards talks to reporter Maryann MaGuire who is in Belfast about political tensions in Northern Ireland. Protestants in the British ruled province today celebrate Orange Day, which commemorates the victory of Protestant King William of Orange over his Catholic foe in the 17th century.

Commentator Frank Deford talks about the decision by the body that governs world soccer, to hold the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, instead of South Africa. He says the decision by the executive committee of FIFA was wrong.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Bioethicist Arthur Caplan about the suspension of all federally funded clinical trials involving humans at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in Tulsa. The government said researchers at the medical college and a university oversight board, repeatedly violated federal regulations and endangered patients in a cancer study. Arthur Caplan is Director of the Center of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on the Russian launch today of a component for the International Space Station. The service module contributed by the Russians has been delayed by financial problems, which concerned some of the other countries working on the project -- including the United States.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Bosnian writer Aleksandar Hemon about his book The Question of Bruno, written in English. The stories play with the English language, using unconventional words or normal words in unusual ways.