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In Mexico, millions will go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president. In the second of our series on Mexico's presidential contenders, we profile conservative candidate Felipe Calderon. The latest numbers show he is slightly behind his left-leaning opponent.

Hurricane Gustav pummeled Cuba last week before the storm made landfall in the U.S. Now, Hurricane Ike is sweeping across the island, days after Cuba rejected storm aid from the U.S. Michael Voss, a Cuba-based journalist for the BBC, and NPR's Tom Gjelten, offer an update on Cuba and the political implications of the storm.

The White House says a day-long delay in a planned meeting between President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has nothing to do with a newly leaked White House memo questioning whether Maliki can control violence in Iraq. The session has been postponed until Thursday. Michele Norris talks with NPR's David Greene.

Director Michael Moore's latest documentary, Sicko, is an indictment of the U.S. health care system. Melissa Block sizes up Sicko — as entertainment and expose — with film critic Bob Mondello and science correspondent Joanne Silberner.

Hamas enjoyed its first full day of control in Gaza after seizing the territory from Fatah fighters, as beleaguered Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fought back politically, appointing a new prime minister in the West Bank. But in Gaza, Hamas dismissed Abbas's moves as meaningless.

President Bush has gone through about two-dozen drafts of the State of the Union Speech he will deliver Tuesday night. He says he will speak about elevating the tone in partisan Washington. That will be no easy task in a midterm election year, as the president is keenly aware.

Crafty people often make useful things out of stuff normally headed for the trash heap, but rarely do their creations spell fame and financial success. Unless, of course, you're Tim Anderson, a rock star of the DIY crowd.

Lebanon is asking Israel to avoid hitting ancient Roman ruins in Baalbek as the Jewish state attacks targets in the eastern Bekaa Valley. At the same time, Israeli operations continue to make it difficult to move humanitarian aid into many of Lebanon's rural regions.

Police say gunmen assassinated a top Foreign Ministry official in Iraq Saturday, a death that came on the heels of a car bombing that claimed several more lives. Iraq's U.N. ambassador, Samir Sumaidaie, tells Jacki Lyden about the mounting toll of civilian casualties in his homeland.

Saddam Hussein's trial resumes with testimony that the former dictator's signature is on paperwork that led to the execution of residents in a Shiite town. Meanwhile, Iraqis continue to have difficulty forming a working government.