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Barack Obama is in Germany, where he will meet German leader Angela Merkel. The likely Democratic presidential nominee will also give the only public speech of his weeklong foreign tour, at a Berlin park. On Friday, he'll visit France. Steve Inskeep talks to journalists Stefan Kornelius in Germany and Jean Lesieur in France about Obama's expected reception in Europe.

A legendary French winery is purchasing a famous winemaker in California. The deal comes decades after the same California winery beat French wines in a blind taste test. Deborah Amos talks to Vic Motto, a wine industry investment banker, about the deal.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has joined forces with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to fight tobacco use in developing countries. Gates donated $125 million to a tobacco-control initiative that Bloomberg launched in 2002.

Not long ago, many people in Spain were predicting the death of bullfighting. Its popularity was sagging, and voices decrying it as outdated and cruel were gaining ground in the country. But now, a few "rock star" bullfighters are making the art cool among twenty-somethings.

As the Olympics approach, a poll finds the vast majority of Chinese are satisfied with their country's direction. The Pew Research Center conducted face-to-face interviews with more than 3,000 Chinese. China's stunning economic growth is one explanation for the extraordinary optimism. But the growth is also raising concerns about rising prices and the country's growing income gap.

The first Guantanamo Bay war crimes trial has started. A military jury viewed a video of the defendant Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's former driver, kneeling before a masked U.S. soldier, denying that he worked for al-Qaida. The videotape was recorded in Afghanistan shortly after Hamdan's capture in November 2001.

The Bush administration is now talking to governments it once shunned. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with the North Korean foreign minister this week. Undersecretary William Burns participated in talks with Iran's nuclear negotiator last weekend. The new, softer approach has angered critics on the right, but it doesn't extend to all "problem countries."

After he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Jeff Rubin of Philadelphia went bankrupt paying for his medical bills. Would that happen in England? Both the U.S. and the U.K. ration health care. A look at patient experiences on either side of the Atlantic.

Barack Obama has met with top Israeli and Palestinian officials. His basic message has been that he is a friend of Israel who is committed to the special relationship between the two countries. He also said he would use "big sticks and big carrots" with Iran.

An Israeli professor believes that Israel will attack Iran's nuclear program within the next four to seven months. He bases that timeline on unsuccessful diplomatic efforts and Iranian tehnological advances.

After living as a fugitive for more than a decade, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was arrested Monday on charges related to genocide and war crimes during the Bosnian war. U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke discusses a meeting he had with Karadzic in 1995.

Iraq's parliament passed a long-sought provincial election law, but only after Kurdish lawmakers walked out in a dispute over the way elections would be conducted in the northern city of Kirkuk. Iraq's president rejected the draft law as unconstitutional.

Leaders of the world's Anglicans are meeting in London amid speculation that the church might split. Conservatives argue that there is no place for practicing homosexuals in the church.

Since the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the media in Belgrade have been filled with details of how he lived on the run for more than a decade. The former Bosnian Serb leader wanted for war crimes was passing himself off as a New Age mystic.

Barack Obama is expected to be received with the kind of religious fervor usually reserved for the Pope when he arrives in Germany on Thursday. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is seen by most Germans as a potential savior of Germany's close relationship with America.

Barack Obama is in Israel and the Palestinian territories Wednesday. The Democratic presidential candidate meets with senior officials of the Israeli government and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Obama is greeted warmly but with some skepticism by Israelis and Palestinians.

Hurricane Dolly lashed the Texas coast on Wednesday, coming ashore near South Padre Island with maximum sustained winds of nearly 100 mph.

Embrun, a tiny French village hidden away in the foothills of the Alps, has suddenly been thrust into the limelight this year. Two stages of the Tour de France are starting from Embrun — the first time that has happened in the race's 95-year history.

With the Olympics in Beijing less than a month away, the global spotlight is on China — and its treatment of Tibet. The Dalai Lama's chief negotiator, Lodi Gyari discusses the protests, the Olympics, and the best way for Tibet to push for autonomy.

Tarceva has been shown to extend life in some lung cancer patients by an average of eight weeks. But Great Britain's government health service has decided not to provide the drug. Cancer patient Donald Sutherland and his doctor, Fergus Macbeth, explain how they live with that decision.

Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic's arrest in Serbia is the first step in a process that will send him to a war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He stands accused of mass killings of Muslims during the Bosnian war.

Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic has been seized by authorities in Serbia. He has been charged with the massacre of Muslims during the Bosnian war. For St. Louis' Bosnian community, it has been a very long 13 years.

Radovan Karadzic has been charged with the massacre of Muslims during the siege of Sarajevo. Ria Kulenovic, who survived the three-year-long siege, was a freshman in college when the siege began in 1992. She calls news of the arrest exciting.

Columnists and pundits in the United States are grading Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East, questioning whether the trip will help or hurt his campaign. Support for him as a person is strong, though some are dismayed by what they view as his sharp right turn on Mideast policy.

International authorities have finally captured former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, one of the most wanted men in the world. They'd been chasing him for more than a decade on genocide charges.

Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama addresses a variety of topics, including Iraq and Afghanistan, during his visit to Amman on Tuesday. Karen Tumulty of Time discusses the significance of his statements.

The German Ghetto Work Payment Program offers a one-time payment to Holocaust survivors who worked in the ghettos of Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and other countries. We visit a clinic where volunteers help aging Holocaust survivors fill out applications.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was arrested Monday on charges related to genocide and war crimes during the Bosnian war. He had been living as a fugitive for more than a decade. Here's a timeline of key events in his life.

On today's "Africa Update," Zimbabwe's leaders agree to hold talks to resolve the country's political crisis. Plus, the United States lifts a ban on visitors with HIV, and we take a look at how Africa's oil affects the cost of gas in America.

The first Guantanamo war crimes trial has begun. Salim Hamdan — Osama bin Laden's former driver — is accused of helping al-Qaida. Hamdan has denied the charge. Carol Rosenberg, the Miami Herald's reporter in Guantanamo Bay, talks about the trial.

Holocaust survivors who worked in German-controlled ghettos during World War II may be eligible for about $3,000 from the German government. Legal clinics aim to help the estimated 20,000 survivors living in the U.S. apply for funding.

Beijing has built a lot of fancy new hotels to accommodate throngs of visitors expected for the summer Olympic Games. But culturally curious visitors also have the option of staying with a local family. Hundreds of Beijing households will open their doors to foreign visitors for a modest fee.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was arrested Monday in Serbia on genocide and other war crimes charges. He had evaded capture for more than a decade. Dejan Anastasijevic, a Serbian journalist in Belgrade, says Karadzic had been hiding in plain sight.

Arrangements are being made to transfer former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the U.N.'s war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Karadzic was accused of ordering the so-called "ethnic cleansing" of Bosnian Muslims. He faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.

In Serbia, one of the world's most wanted war criminals was arrested Monday. Radovan Karadzic, the former leader of Serb nationalist forces in Bosnia, was captured in a raid. He had been a fugitive since his indictment on war crimes charges more than a decade ago.

Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic has been arrested. He has been twice indicted for genocide for the siege of Sarajevo and the massacre Muslims at Srebrenica. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright calls the arrest "extremely significant."

Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic has been arrested after a decade-long search. Serbia's president said Karadzic was arrested Monday. The U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicted him for genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.

The Chinese government set an ambitious Aug. 1 deadline for providing temporary housing to survivors of the May 12 earthquake. Prefabricated shelters have been constructed in many areas, but many residents remain without accommodations.

The former driver for Osama bin Laden has pleaded not guilty at his terrorism trial in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Salim Ahmed Hamdan's defense lawyers say he was a low-level driver and was not part of any conspiracy against the U.S.