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The Supreme Court produces a split decision over the protection of wetlands areas. The justices decided 5-4 that regulators may have misinterpreted the federal Clean Water Act when they refused to allow two Michigan property owners to build on wetlands they own.

Did Iran's new president take part in the 1979 hostage crisis? Some Americans held captive say Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was among their captors. Iran denies it. Gary Sick, a member of the U.S. National Security Council in 1979, offers his insights.

Fears of a civil war rise in Bolivia, after President Carlos Mesa resigned this week amid protests. An emergency congress has been called to pick his successor. Bill Faries of The Christian Science Monitor discusses the latest developments.

Water has been restored to Harbin in northeast China, five days after a chemical plant accident polluted a river that runs past the city toward Russia. The toxic slick is expected to reach the Russian city of Khabarovsk in about two weeks.

The city of Harbin, China, has its water supply back after a major chemical spill. But the presence of benzene in Songhua River creates potential dangers. Sheilah Kast speaks with Rolf Halden, a professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

The leaders of Hamas will be forced to take more moderate positions if the Palestinian Authority's financial crisis continues to worsen, says the head of the Palestinian Monetary Authority. Employees of the new Hamas-led Palestinian Authority haven't been paid in more than two months.

Opposition demands for a new vote in Ukraine's presidential elections are growing stronger but the crisis is far from over. The Supreme Court takes up the issue Monday. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and Adrian Karatnytsky of Freedom House, who has just returned from Ukraine.

A group of foreign mediators meets with Ukrainian government and opposition leaders in a bid to end the crisis sparked by this week's disputed presidential election. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters continue to march in the heart of the capital, Kiev. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

Iraqi paramilitary forces fire on British troops surrounding the southern port city of Basra. Reports say Iraqis loyal to Saddam are also firing on civilians trying to flee the city. The search for food, water and supplies intensifies for Basra's civilians as the standoff enters its sixth day. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Reuters photographer Chris Helgren.

In Beslan, Russia, funerals began Sunday for the more than 330 people killed in a confrontation between Chechen separatists and Russian forces. Many of the dead were children held hostage before Friday's bloody end to the siege. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.