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This summer's wildfires in Greece killed more than 60 people and destroyed livestock, crops, old-growth forest and scrubland. Environmentalists warn that if drastic measures aren't taken soon, the fires are just an early sign of disasters to come.

Now that Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) has announced his resignation, the focus is on possible successors. Lt. Gov. Jim Risch is widely regarded as the likely front runner. But many Idahoans angrily claim that Republicans in Washington forced Craig to quit solely to protect the party.

Bowing to pressure from fellow Republicans, Idaho Sen. Larry Craig resigns Saturday over the fallout from a men's room sex sting. Debbie Elliott speaks with Martin Kaste about Craig's resignation, as well as which Republican contender might fill his spot.

Idaho Republican Larry Craig resigned from the U.S. Senate in the wake of a sex scandal that caused party leaders to ostracize him. Despite nearly two decades in the venerable chamber, Craig lost the support of fellow Republicans after news that he was arrested in June in a sex sting in a Minneapolis airport bathroom.

DiCaprio is serious about the environment. He's not just lending his voice to this indie documentary. He's on board as a producer and is even listed as a co-writer. The filmmakers are Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners, a pair of sisters and first time feature filmmakers. Together with DiCaprio they have previously made a global warming short. In

A protest in Tijuana shut down all vehicle traffic at the world's busiest border crossing for about three hours on Friday. KPBS reporter Amy Isackson was at the San Ysidro crossing.

President Bush is in New Orleans for the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. He and wife Laura Bush are expected to mark the day at a New Orleans charter school and at a community center in Mississippi. Officials continue to bicker over who's to blame in the aftermath of the storm.

In July the Zimbabwean government introduced a plan to combat inflation, making shopkeepers cut their prices in half. But the move has led to food shortages. One reporter in Zimbabwe who for security reasons goes only by the name "Lee" looks at the impact of President Robert Mugabe's plan.

San Diego's former U.S. attorney is remaining silent on news that her old boss, Alberto Gonzales, is quitting. Critics of the outgoing attorney general say politics forced out Carol Lam and several ot

One of Mr. Bean's unlikely fans is Hong Kong action superstar Chow Yun Fat. When I interviewed Chow, he noted with some envy, how funny Mr. Bean is: "He kills me. No dialogue at all, just the body movement. Its very funny."