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NPR's Martin Kaste describes the events of the last 24 hours. Four passenger planes were hijacked yesterday morning. Two hit the World Trade Center in New York, one crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC, and one ran into the ground in a rural part of Pennsylvania.

The U.N. sanctions against the former Yugoslavia are officially over, but vestiges of those sanctions remain...as commentator Bob Garfield discovered when he visited Belgrade's sprawling, above-ground black market.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that the Federal Aviation Administration announced it is returning the operating certificate for ValuJet. The air carrier was grounded after an investigation into its maintenance practices, following the crash of one of its planes in the Florida Everglades in May.

found on a New York City construction site that turned out to be a 250-year-old burial ground for slaves.

NPR's Michael Skoler reports on how Zaireans are trying to cope amid their country's horrific economic conditions. The task often requires a dose of creativity, such as the maintenance man at the state radio who spends half his time tending his small farm on the ministry grounds.

, 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.