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- 3 With Ties To U.S. Consulate Killed In Juarez Two American citizens and a Mexican citizen, all associated with the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, were killed in a drive-by shooting over the weekend. The State Department issued a warning to U.S. citizens traveling and living in Mexico; and also authorized government personnel from U.S. consulates in six border cities to send their families out of the area because of drug-related violence.
- Israeli Settlement Plans Touch Off Political Tensions Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is confronting growing political problems following last week's announcement that more Israeli settlements would be built in East Jerusalem. The announcement was made while Vice President Joe Biden was in the Middle East promoting peace talks.
- Mosul, Basra Still Haven't Reported Election Results Nearly 20 percent of the votes are counted from last week's parliamentary elections in Iraq. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki holds a strong lead from declared results in Baghdad. But there are no results yet from the next two biggest cities: Mosul and Basra. Overall, the situation is too close to call.
- Vatican Defends Pope's Handling Of Sex Abuse Scandal New allegations of child abuse by Catholic clerics in Germany are threatening to engulf the church there. Since the first media reports emerged in January, hundreds of Germans have come forward to say they were physically or sexual abused by priests or monks. The victims say their complaints were dismissed or ignored by the church hierarchy. The Vatican says Pope Benedict, who was Archbishop of Munich when some of the cases occurred, was not involved in the cover-up. Reporter Thomas Marzahl talks with Linda Wertheimer about the allegations.
- Grief, Rage Fuel Juarez Mothers' Search For Justice In the throes of a vicious drug war, Mexico's border city of Juarez — with its endless wave of kidnappings and executions — has become one of the most violent places on earth. The city is shouldering unfathomable sorrow, and its mothers are the most public face of that suffering.
- 3 With Ties To U.S. Consulate Killed In Mexican City A U.S. couple shot to death within sight of the border with their baby in their vehicle's back seat was among those killed in drug-plagued Ciudad Juarez, officials said Sunday. President Obama expressed outrage over the killings, and Mexican President Felipe Calderon promised a swift investigation.
- Taliban: Kandahar Bombings 'Warning' To NATO The deadly attacks on the southern city show NATO's top general that the insurgents are ready for the war's next major offensive in their heartland, the Taliban said Sunday. The series of bombings demolished buildings and killed dozens. Residents said they have no confidence that the government or foreign troops can protect them.
- Poppies Escape Marjah Offensive Afghanistan produces about 90 percent of the world's supply of opium poppies, the plant used to make heroin. About half of that supply comes from the Helmand province. Earlier efforts by NATO forces to destroy the poppy crops were unsuccessful; when the Taliban came back, so did the farmer's poppies. In the most recent offensive, NATO took a mostly hands-off approach, leaving the farmers and their crops alone. Guest host Audie Cornish speaks with author and journalist Gretchen Peters about the effects of the NATO offensive around Marjah on the poppy trade in Afghanistan.
- Thailand's Peaceful Demonstrations Carry Threat Tens of thousands of protesters are rallying in Thailand's capital. They are demanding that the government dissolve the parliament and hold new elections. The demonstrations are peaceful so far, with protesters singing, waving signs and dancing, but police are braced for possible violence as demonstrations are expected to last several days. Guest host Audie Cornish updates the latest developments in Bangkok.
- A Wrenching Task To Win Marjah's Hearts And Minds NATO forces, who took the southern Afghan region of Marjah last month, are now trying to establish their hold on it by winning the confidence of local people. That includes paying for damage to businesses and farms from battle and paying condolences to families of civilians who were killed. A U.S. Marine commander faces one of his hardest tasks: apologizing and paying compensation to the family of a father whom Marines killed by mistake.
- Protesters Surge Into Bangkok, Urge New Election As many as 100,000 people demonstrated peacefully against Thailand's government at a party-like rally Sunday, but the capital was being kept on edge by their threat to continue protesting until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva calls new elections.
- Iran Dismantles U.S.-Backed Opposition Groups Iranian officials say that several networks were gathering information on nuclear scientists and finding ways to circumvent Internet controls meant to stymie the opposition. Thirty of their members reportedly were arrested.
- Haiti's Geology Slowly Giving Up Its Secrets Researchers studying the origin of the recent deadly earthquake have found signs of an actual fault rupture offshore, and figured out what triggered a small tsunami. But not all the causes of the natural disaster were, in fact, natural.
- Suicide Attacks Kill Dozens In Taliban Heartland A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations in Kandahar, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of Afghanistan's southern Taliban heartland.
- Second American Woman Linked To Terrorism Case A U.S. official says Colorado mother Jamie Paulin-Ramirez was among seven people — including Colleen LaRose, or "Jihad Jane," of Pennsylvania — arrested in Ireland this week in over an alleged plot to kill cartoonist Lars Vilks for lampooning the Prophet Muhammad.
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