Host Marco Werman gets the latest on the kidnapping of two Fox News journalists in Gaza from ABC reporter Matthew Gutman.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the ruling party Hamas have agreed to restart negotiations on a unity government. They're hoping to ease a Western aid embargo. But The World's Aaron Schachter reports from Jerusalem that there are many obstacles to a Hamas-Fatah coalition.

President Bush said this week that success in Iraq is an issue of US national security. Host Marco Werman speaks with terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman of Georgetown University, who says that may be true now, but it wasn't when the war started.

The World's Jason Margolis examines how public opinion about how President Bush is handling the war in Iraq could affect upcoming Congressional elections.

A growing Taliban insurgency is launching attacks on NATO forces in southern Afghanistan. Host Marco Werman speaks with the BBC's Roland Buerk in Kabul.

Host Marco Werman speaks with author Robert Frump, who's recent book explores the growing death toll among refugees from Mozambique entering South Africa. The cause of those deaths lions in South Africa's Kruger National Park.

Many consider Tania Maria Brazilian jazz royalty. Host Marco Werman profiles Queen Tania and her album, "Intimidade", which has just been released in the United States.

Today's answer is Hellshire Beach. Radio producer Madelaine Baer sends us an audio postcard from one of Jamaica's most famous white sandy beaches, near the capital of Kingston.

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