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The Food and Drug Administration is saying meat and milk from cloned cows are as safe as they are traditional. But how do they taste and will they turn us into mutated creatures?

This week, the Senate will hold confirmation hearings for Robert Gates to replace outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Commencement ceremonies were bittersweet this weekend on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets with Palestinian leaders, pushing ahead with preparations for a November peace conference in the U.S.

A string of riots in suburban Paris is making headlines following the death of two teenage boys. Emma Charlton, a reporter for Agence France-Presse (AFP), talks about the ethnic and cultural tensions that have led to the violence and what efforts are being made to restore order.

Responding to a wave of recent food and product recalls, the Bush administration has announced an initiative to expand the authority of federal regulatory agencies.

The sudden rise is blamed on violence in Nigeria and new warnings that OPEC will have problems meeting global demand for oil in the next two decades.

Flights are delayed and highway traffic is choked in the northeast after the biggest Christmas snowstorm in years. Parts of the region are covered with up to three feet of snow. Alex Ashcroft of member station WBUR reports.

A Palestinian general election scheduled for late January is postponed indefinitely, ending weeks of speculation. The Palestinian labor minister blames the presence of Israeli troops in Palestinian territory and curfews imposed in the region. NPR News reports.

Political chaos, protests and looting continue in Kyrgyzstan after the opposition seizes power and President Askar Akayev leaves the country. Meanwhile, the parliament is working to establish a new government.