Host Ken Bader reads from letters from our listeners.

For our Geo Quiz we were looking for the state that's hosting a major international sheepdog competition, the Soldier Hollow Sheepdog Championship. The answer is Utah, and competitors from as far away as New Zealand are there to show off their sheep-herding skills. Reporter Beth Hoffman sent us this audio postcard.

Host Ken Bader speaks with two band members of the Scottish indie-pop sextet, "Camera Obscura." Tracyanne Campbell is the group's lead singer and songwriter. Kenny McKeeve handles guitar chores.

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Ali Shukri, former national security adviser for the Jordanian government, about his suggestion that the United States should negotiate with al Qaeda.

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Thomas Donnelly of the Center for International and Strategic Studies, who disagrees with the suggestion that the United States should negotiate with al Qaeda.

The World's Aaron Schachter reports on efforts by some members of the Palestinian Fatah party to rejuvenate Fatah's image among Palestinian citizens.

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Jorge de los Santos, an adviser to Mexican opposition candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, about the impending decision by a Mexican court on who will be the country's next president.

Correspondent Jen Ross reports on the abortion debate currently raging in Chile. Politicians there are debating whether to ratify a UN protocol on discrimination against women that could make it possible for some Chilean women to have an abortion.

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with reporter Stephen McDonell of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, about the untimely death of TV naturalist Steve Irwin. Irwin became popular on television as the Australian Crocodile Hunter. He was killed by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary.