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The diplomatic recognition could free up more than $30 billion in Gadhafi-regime assets for the opposition's use.

With the Aug. 2 deadline approaching, lawmakers are also working on a plan that would give the president authority to raise the federal debt ceiling. The president is due to hold a news conference about the budget discussions later this morning.

Even though Damascus is far from the protest battle zones, tourists are staying away from the Syrian capital. At public events, there is a facade of normalcy. But people are afraid to be asked whether they support the regime or the revolution.

Award-winning poet Brian Turner recently returned to Baghdad, but this time he was a tourist. When he was there in 2004, he was a U.S. soldier. Turner talks to Steve Inskeep about his trip, and his article in the July issue of National Geographic.

Fans are lining up to see the last of the Harry Potter movies, which opens today. It may be the end for Harry Potter on the big screen, but some local students are keeping a sport from the books and movies alive. KPBS arts reporter Angela Carone visits a Quidditch match in San Diego.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has many die-hard supporters in the capital, but opposition sentiment exists. One man who works for the Libyan intelligence agency says he hates Gadhafi and wants to see him go. Another has a message for the rebels: "When they come here, all the people in Tripoli — they will rise up."

With the conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program, American astronauts will rely solely on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to reach orbit. Many Russians see this as an opportunity to create a smooth, collaborative future between Russia and the U.S. But not everyone sees it that way.

The program sent Afghan students to U.S. high schools for a year, but many fled to Canada seeking asylum and fearing a dark future in Afghanistan. One student who left Texas for Toronto said his family received threats for sending their son to the West and thought he'd be in danger if he returned.

A beer festival in Tijuana, a musical based on a popular blog, and a band from Columbia have our attention this weekend.

Next week the San Diego City Council will take hold of a boiling pot when they decide whether to endorse a plan to make Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama a pedestrian-only zone.