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NPR's Ted Clark reports the Mideast peace talks continued at Camp David today but without President Clinton who left for a few hours to attend to other matters including a visit to Congress.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu ruminates on pigeons, old women, gondolas, and the quest for romance by young women visiting Venice. (3:30) MUSIC FOLLOWING STORY: "A Vucchella", on the CD "La Musica from Italy", copyright 1990, Delta Music Inc.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on a growing Buddhist movement in a seemingly unlikely country -- Mexico. He visited a Buddhist monastery in the western state of Vera Cruz. It's resources are being stretched by the growing popularity of its teachings.

NPR reporter Martin Kaste visits the beachs of Copacabana and Ipanema where Brazil's beach volleyball teams practice for the Olympics. The women's team is the favorite going into the games, which will be played for the first time this year on real sand.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on President Clinton's visit to Okinawa, Japan for the G-8 Summit. Today, the President addresses the concerns of the people in Okinawa over the presence of U.S. troops there.

Reporter Richard Schiffman visits a monastery in Vermont, where men devote their lives to god and try to find peace by rising above base human nature. But sometimes, even in this monastic community, devotion can be a struggle.

A week ago, Haiti marked the one year anniversary of President Jean Bertrand Aristide's return to power. Daniel updates the situation in Haiti with New York Times reporter Larry Rohter, who recently visited Haiti.

Senior Fellow for the Middle East at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on the importance of PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat's visit to the United States...

Noah visits the training camp for the U.S. women's eight Olympic rowing team. The team has been together for three years and is favored to win a gold medal in Atlanta. They talk about their grueling training schedule and the excitement of participating in the Olympics.

- As the military downsizes and defense spending decreases, many defense contractors are looking for ways to use their technology for non-military uses. NPR's Richard Harris visits one company that is applying its research to resolve a religious issue.

Tornadoes tore through parts of Alabama and Tennessee on Friday night, and residents are still trying to put their lives back in order. Melanie Peeples of member station WUAL visited one area where a tornado touched down in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

NPR's Ted Clark reports the foreign minister of Iran flew to arch-enemy Iraq today; the first such visit in a decade. The two countries are trying to reconcile some of their differences, but normalization appears a long way off.

A Preview of tomorrow's Holloween visit to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Host Renee Montagne takes the tour with owner Tyler Cassidy. Today, they stop by the crypt of Rudolph Valentino, the wildly popular star of silent movies.

Host Lisa Simeone visits three cities in the state of Kentucky, one of several swing states in this years election to talks to voters about the Presidential election. She talks with voters in Louisville, Lexington and Campbellsville, Kentucky.

- NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Tokyo on the opening week of Starbucks first coffeehouse outside North America. It's in a land better known for its tea. But this Starbucks is a hit with the Japanese and with visiting Americans.

about her visit to a military town about an hour from Moscow to talk to people about how they voted in today's presidential run-off.

- Today, Bosnian War Crimes investigators began excavating several mass graves in Srebrenica, a former Muslim safe haven. Tom talks with NPR's Mike Shuster who visited one of the sites about the expectations of investigators and the mood of local residents.

NPR's Mary Kay Magistad visits the Cyber Cafe in Beijing, and finds that the Chinese government's control on the Internet is looser than one might think. And despite the expense of Internet connections, Net users are multiplying by the thousands.

Commentator Elissa Ely visits an elderly relative who tells a story about her childhood. When care would drive past her house, she and her sisters would shout, "Get a Horse!" at the passing drivers.

- NPR's Renee Montagne recently visited South Africa where she found that the new political climate there has helped make it possible for at least one interracial couple to marry.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that while Arafat has been visiting the United States, Israel has done little this week to further the peace process, and the Clinton administration will be unable to avoid expressing it's displeasure.

Secretary of State Warren Christopher's visit there and looks at what China expects to gain from it.

about the implications to domestic politics of Vice President Al Gore and Speaker Newt Gingrich's visits to China last week.

We visit with two florists who came to Washington this week to volunteer their time in a cold warehouse filled with 150,000 flowers. They spent most of the week making artful arrangments for the many inaugural balls and dinners.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports on Secretary of State Madeline Albright's visit to North Korea. This trip afforded an opportunity to examine level of foreign investment in the "Hermet Kingdom." Who's going in and why.