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In Lahore, the University of the Punjab attracts middle- and lower-income Pakistani students hoping to make better lives for themselves. But the school's campus is also the scene of an ongoing struggle over education and Islam. Steve Inskeep visits the campus as part of NPR's trip down the Grand Trunk Road.

Israeli aircraft step up attacks on the Gaza Strip, killing at least 14 Palestinians, including four children who were playing soccer. A medical director in Gaza said at least 27 people — including seven children — have been killed in the past two days.

Fans of his straightforward, unapologetic and occasionally icy analysis will welcome Dick Button's role at the Winter Games in Vancouver. The former Olympic figure skating gold medalist returns to television for NBC's coverage of the games.

The United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, has offered its strongest evidence yet that Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons. Iran condemned the report, and maintains that its nuclear program is entirely peaceful.

A proposed pedestrian terminal linking Otay Mesa with Tijuana's Rodriquez airport has passed a major hurdle. We'll hear about the project and how it's gotten so much support on both sides of the border.

I had been at KPBS barely a month when I was given a directive to focus on teen violence. More specifically, to plan an event that could help young people learn ways to handle aggressive behavior. With no other instructions, and little knowledge of how to achieve this, it seemed to be a very tall order. I had a bare-bones budget and a lofty goal. Yet somehow this event happened in a big and meaningful way.

The debate over whether or not to raise San Diego’s sales tax may be dividing the city, but it’s bringing two prominent politicians together.

The U.N. has only five years left to meet eight goals for dealing with some of mankind's toughest problems. Experts say it will take a gargantuan effort to meet the Millennium Development Goals, ranging from ending extreme poverty to fighting AIDS.

Ben Bridwell Hatin' on YouTube?

Federal firearms officials and a firearms trade association launched a campaign in San Diego Wednesday to remind people that buying a gun for someone else is a felony punishable by up to ten years in prison.