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NPR's Ted Clark reports that President Bush today certifies countries as being cooperative in the war against drugs. Countries that are not certified could face sanctions. Some members of Congress propose to alter or even drop the certification process on grounds that it is condescending to other governments and fails to produce the desired result. The Bush administration says the process should be re-evaluated.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Rob Gifford in Beijing. They discuss the latest developments in talks between U-S and Chinese officials over the incident of the U-S Navy plane grounded in southern China.

A grounded freighter continues to spill heavy fuel oil into a pristine Alaskan wildlife area as poor weather conditions hurt cleanup efforts. Six people remain missing. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

A towering new suspension bridge debuts in southern France. At its highest point, the Millau Viaduct is more than 1,000 feet above ground, and the French say it's the highest bridge in the world. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Millau's mayor, Jacques Godfrain.

As we hear more about the brutal realities on the ground in Ukraine, the voices of the approximately 2.7 million Ukrainians with disabilities are conspicuously absent.

In 2008, a flight nurse was grounded in her third trimester. Then her colleagues were killed in mid-air.

NPR's Eric Westervelt is at the Parade Grounds in Baghdad with units of the 3rd Infantry Division. They're securing and consolidating their hold on Baghdad. Resistance today was moderate. Nonetheless, one officer says this is the longest and most tense warfare the U.S. Army has seen since Vietnam.

U.S. forces are fighting a two-front war with Sunni and Shiite Muslim insurgents and the death toll continues to rise. But there is an increasingly sharp contrast between the official Pentagon take on security and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and the reality on the ground. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

Some 10,000 people have died in South Sudan since the fighting began there last month. David Greene talks to Elke Leidel, the South Sudan country director for Concern Worldwide about the view on the ground in South Sudan.

Sandy Tolan reports from Quito on the controversy in Ecuador over the building of a new pipeline that will carry crude oil from the Amazon to the Pacific Coast. The pipeline will enable Ecuador to double its oil production. Eighty percent of Ecuadorians support the project on the grounds that it will provide much needed economic relief. Opponents say the pipeline will damage an ecosystem that's known for its biodiversity.