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Early reports from witnesses to the explosions in London described large blasts, scenes of confusion and many injuries. Police said they did not know yet how many people had died in the attacks.

A 23-year-old illegal immigrant from Nigeria organizes an annual African soccer championship in Istanbul to improve the image of illegal immigrants in Turkey, to provide an opportunity for Africans to network and to have fun.

In recent weeks, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe ordered the demolition of shantytowns and left thousands of people without homes or livelihood. Host Renee Montagne speaks with Andrew Meldrum about his book Where We Have Hope: A Memoir of Zimbabwe. Meldrum lived and worked as a journalist in Zimbabwe for 23 years, until he was expelled by the Mugabe regime.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has prepared an ambitious agenda for the G8 summit in Scotland. The two top items are his calls for increasing the amount of aid to poor African countries and for limiting the emission of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

President Bush visits Denmark to thank Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who has been a close ally in the war in Iraq. Recently, the prime minister extended the stay of some 500 troops in southern Iraq, despite opposition to that presence from some Danish citizens. From Copenhagen, Bush flies to Scotland, site of the annual G8 summit.

Sen. Bill Frist says President Bush wants to keep pushing for a vote on John Bolton's bid to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, despite two failed efforts to end debate. Earlier, Frist said he was not planning more votes on the issue. Some now expect a July 4 recess appointment.

Zimbabwe has launched a campaign to wipe out the country's shantytowns -- destroying thousands of homes and small businesses in the process. U.N. officials estimate the crackdown has left more than 200,000 people homeless.

A Lebanese anti-Syrian alliance appears to have won control of parliament in the first elections in three decades without Syrian troops in Lebanon. An alliance led by the son of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is set to lead a new government -- one that he says will steer an independent course.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai is expected to meet with President Bush Tuesday as part of a week-long tour of the United States. The visit is the first by a communist leader since the end of the Vietnam War 30 years ago. Chief among Vietnam's concerns is the desire to join the World Trade Organization by the end of the year.

Voters in northern Lebanon went to the polls Sunday in the last round of the first elections since Syrian troops left the country. Host Jennifer Ludden talks with NPR's Eric Weiner, who is in Beirut, about who won and the challenges ahead for Lebanon.