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NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on the latest developments on Sunday's Presidential elections in Yugoslavia. The official results from the elections have not been made public yet. Yesterday the Yugoslav Federal Electoral Commission said it would announce the results of Sunday's elections by Thursday evening.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Caracas, Venezuela, where high ranking representatives of oil exporting countries are gathering for a summit. OPEC leaders will discuss how to respond to demands for increasing oil production, as a way of lowering petroleum prices. They're not expected to take any action that would drive oil prices below twenty-five dollars a barrel.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr reasons that the American electorate's lack of interest in foreign affairs emboldens rogue leaders like Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein.

Reviewer Alan Cheuse comments on The Accidental Indies, a book by Robert Finley, about the epochal voyage by Christopher Columbus in 1492. (2:00) The Accidental Indies is published by McGill-Queen's University Press.

Host Mike Shuster talks to Daniel Koretz, a senior social scientist at the Rand Corporation about education.

Commentator Diana Nyad says with the media and fan demand on high-profile sports superstars, staying at the Olympic Village isn't quite what it was intended to be.

The latest ad being run by the Republican National Committee accuses the current administration, including Democratic nominee Al Gore, of failing the nation by allowing school test scores to fall dangerously behind. The ad says American school children's math and science scores are now the lowest in the world. NPR's Steve Inskeep takes a look at the information behind the ad.

Owen Bennett-Jones reports Floods in Vietnam over the past few weeks have killed more than one hundred people and caused millions of dollars in damage to property and farmland.

Charlotte Renner reports from the home of L.L. Bean and outlet shopping, Freeport, Maine. It seems that with more and more outlet malls creeping across the country, towns like Freepost can no longer survive on bargains alone.

N-P-R's Ted Clark previews the upcoming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington. The Camp David talks broke down last July over control of Jerusalem. U.S. mediators are expected to stress to both sides that time for negotiations are limited due to the November elections: the change in administrations could cause a stall in peace talks if agreements are not reached soon.