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Commentator Paul Raeburn examines an Exxon-Mobil project to drill oil in the Central African country of Chad. Proceeds are set to go to help the people of the struggling nation, and Raeburn says if the plan works, it could start a new trend for business endeavors with developing countries.

Linda Wertheimer talks to Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press about the attitudes of the voters toward the Bush administration's plans to give federal money to faith-based charities.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the aftermath of the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry hearing into the USS Greenville accident. The sub struck and sank a Japanese fishing boat last month, killing nine. At the time, there were 16 civilians on board the sub; despite allegations that they may have been a distraction to the commander and crew, none of the civilians was called to testify.

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mRNA vaccines are groundbreaking—but the mRNA inside them is fragile. Kathryn Whitehead explains how scientists have created the right "packing material" to safely deliver these to the right cells.

NPR's David Molpus reports on the practice of parish or congregational nursing, where RN's make housecalls to offer medical as well as spiritual care.

Six weeks after fighting began in Macedonia, more than 22,000 refugees have fled their homes. NPR's Guy Raz reports on the internally displaced ethnic Albanians and Macedonian Slavs.

In Santa Monica, California, the Legal Grind Cafe serves up a mean law-tte -- that's coffee with a side of legal advice. From member station KCRW, Eric Roy reports on this unusual effort that's providing affordable legal service to Angelinos.

President Bush is changing his approach to banning U.S. government funding for groups that provide abortion related services overseas. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

The U.S. Senate is entering its second week of debate over how election campaigns are funded. Robert Siegel talks to David Corn, Washington editor of The Nation, and David Brooks, senior editor at The Weekly Standard about the debate -- including tension between President Bush and Senator John McCain, and possible defections among Democrats who have supported reform in the past.

NPR's Kate Seelye in Amman reports Arab leaders denounced Israel at the conclusion of a two-day summit conference in the Jordanian capital. The summit approved $240 million in new aid for the Palestinians. But the meeting failed to reach consensus on a demand by Iraq for an end to the United Nations economic sanctions that were imposed after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

NPR's Eric Weiner in Jerusalem reports Israeli helicopter gunships attacked Palestinian targets in the West Bank and Gaza today, in response to a string of Palestinian bomb attacks over the past few days.