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, near Iraq's border with Turkey to talk about the ground situation as rival Kurdish factions continue to skirmish.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports that attorneys for a death row inmate in Missouri are fighting his sentence on the grounds that the jury was prejudiced by his sexual orientation. The inmate, who is gay, is scheduled to be executed tomorrow.

Stocks took another pummeling today. The bloodied Nasdaq composite index fell sharply again after Gateway, a leading computer maker, warned of upcoming weak sales. The Dow also lost ground. But it's the relentless decline of the technology-rich Nasdaq since Spring that has investors most worried.

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.

The war in Ukraine has entered a new phase, concentrated in the east, where Russia seems to be gaining ground.

The fable is grounded in the real-life horror of lynchings in 1930s Texas.

Southern California firefighters were gaining ground on a wildfire that ravaged more than 130 structures as gusty winds subsided with favorable weather conditions expected through the weekend.

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