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Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Anthony Kuhn about the implications of U.S. naval maneuvers near man-made Chinese islands in the South China Sea.

The Pentagon says the guided missile destroyer passed within 12 nautical miles of the Spratly Islands Tuesday morning. China has claimed control, but the U.S. says the area is in international waters.

Members of a parliamentary committee in Iraq say they can draft the country's new constitution by the Aug. 15 deadline. Committee members face intense pressure from the United States to meet the deadline. So far, sectarian and religious differences have plagued the work of the drafting committee.

What was the most powerful storm ever recorded in the eastern Pacific or Atlantic basin has slammed into Mexico's central Pacific coast. The storm is now a bit weaker but still a powerful Category 5.

Across the country, school districts are struggling to find new teachers. One rural town in Colorado is reaching outside the 50 states.

Nine people have reportedly been killed in Nepal in the run-up to Wednesday's elections. The elections, the first in seven years, are for relatively minor municipal jobs. But they've become the focus of a worsening standoff between the embattled king and mainstream political parties and Maoist insurgents.

Daniel talks with Gerard Pelletier, who was Canada's Secretary of State in during the so-called "October Crisis" of 1970. Members of the Quebec Liberation Front - the F.L.Q. - kidnapped a British diplomat and Quebec's Labor Minister. The Labor Minister, Pierre LaPorte, was later murdered.

Even though there's no snow in their country, some Kenyan distance runners are following Olympic dreams as cross country skiers. They're shaky on technique, but they hope their speed and endurance will ultimately make them competitive in the sport. One Kenyan skier, Philip Boit, races later this week.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Julien Schopp, director of humanitarian practice at InterAction, about how the White House called on members of the private sector to aid UN refugee agency efforts.

Gang violence wasn't always rampant in El Salvador. The Rev. Gerardo Mendez, who works with youth in gang-controlled areas, sat down to talk about how gangs became so powerful in this small country.