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Host Bob Edwards talks to John Harwood, political editor of The Wall Street Journal about efforts by the political parties to get out the vote.

Ariel Sharon says he intends to stay on as Israeli prime minister despite the collapse of the coalition government he heads. Labor Party representatives resigned in a dispute over the budget. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

The disappearance of a mayor affiliated with Brazil's Workers Party alarms officials who feared a kidnapping. But it turned out to be a job for the vice squad.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports from New York on the end of the World Series. The Yankees finished off the Mets last night with a 4-2 win in the five-game series. Their victory left half the city to party, and the rest to mourn.

Thailand's opposition party - the Thai Rak Thai - won an overwhelming victory in the country's Parliamentary election yesterday. But the results of the election have not been officially recognized due to concerns about voting irregularities and corruption. From Bangkok, Gina Wilkinson reports.

Commentator Kevin Phillips examines the rivalry between President Bush and Senator John McCain. He wonders if McCain can give the Republican Party the second chance they'll need in 2004.

NPR's Guy Raz reports on the struggling image of Germany's conservative political party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Analysts claim the CDU lacks a definitive political identity, and consequently, much of the German population views it as "incompetent."

NPR's Guy Raz reports that the hills over the city of Tetovo were quiet today, in the aftermath of Sunday's assault by Macedonian troops on ethnic Albanian rebels. NATO's Secretary General, Lord Robertson, was back in Macedonia today for more crisis talks. He called on all parties to engage in political dialogue.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports on a bribery scandal that is tearing at India's government. The president of the main governing party has resigned, and the scandal has put in jeopardy the administration's coalition government.

Robert Siegel talks with Amnon Rubinstein, an Israeli member of parliament for the left-wing Meretz Party. They talk about why there's been little Israeli protest -- even from peace advocates -- against the military strikes on Palestinian targets.