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Mahmoud Abbas, the presumed favorite in Sunday's Palestinian elections, is running a robust campaign, backed by the late Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement. Seven candidates are running to succeed Arafat as Palestinian Authority president. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports.

House Republicans are ready to roll back the new ethics rules instituted earlier in the year. Democrats had claimed the change was designed to protect embattled Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

Advocacy groups are rousing support across the country ahead of a possible showdown over Senate rules on the use of the filibuster to block President Bush's nominees to federal judgeships.

The Russian government approves the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty that seeks cuts in "greenhouse gas" emissions in order to slow global warming. The measure is now expected to be ratified by Duma, the Russian parliament. Hear NPR's Lawrence Sheets.

Former President Bill Clinton awaits a heart bypass operation at a hospital in Manhattan. At 58, he's in good health and a good candidate for surgery. But the operation remains a major undertaking. Hear NPR'S Scott Simon and NPR's Richard Knox.

Alabama's Dauphin Island, near the coast of Florida, is one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ivan. After three hurricanes and amid promises of more, some shrimp fishermen are staying on their boats during the storms. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

Since coming ashore Thursday, Hurricane Ivan has killed at least 40 people in the United States. In the hardest hit Gulf States of Alabama and Florida, more than a million people remain without power. In Mobile, Ala., even water and ice are scarce. Hear NPR's Ari Shapiro.

Frances, now at tropical storm strength, works its way slowly across Florida. Millions of people have evacuated their homes, and millions are without power. Authorities say it could wind up as the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

An Afghan judge sentences three Americans to lengthy prison terms after they were convicted of illegally detaining and torturing Afghan civilians in a freelance hunt for terrorists. Hear reporter Rachel Martin.

Ukraine's outgoing president, Leonid Kuchma, supports a restaging of the entire presidential election. But the opposition rejects this proposal, saying a new election would be too time-consuming. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.