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France shut down Thursday as the country experienced a general strike. The action, called by eight of the country's biggest trade unions, is intended to protest the effects of the global recession, and to demand that the government make protecting employment its top priority.

Hundreds of thousands of registered voters in Florida are being asked to update their signatures. If the signature on an absentee ballot doesn’t match...

The ruling coalition is moving to oust President Pervez Musharraf. Some Western officials worry that a lengthy impeachment process will distract the government from the weakening economy and the fight against terrorism.

President Bush is asking Congress to approve his rules for military commissions to try detainees accused of war crimes. He says court-martial rules are not appropriate for what he terms "illegal combatants." Some legal analysts are concerned that the president's rules leave defendants without enough rights.

Like Greece, Portugal is sinking under the weight of debt, and unemployment is soaring. Unlike Greece, Portugal has former colonies rich in natural resources and in need of labor. Now, Portuguese workers are seeking visas to places such as Angola, a country rich with oil and diamonds.

In downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, a bustling bazaar sells the rare ingredients used in the millennial art of natural vegetable dyeing. Nathan Santamaria travels through the catacomb-like spaces of the market and all of its chaos to the place where the dyes are sold.

Fundraising efforts began this week for the creation of an Embassy of Tribal Nations in Washington, D.C. Host Jennifer Ludden talks with Jacquiline Johnson, the executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, which heads the effort. Johnson says the goal is to have a place for tribal governments to negotiate as a sovereign nation with U.S. and foreign leaders.

A toxic asset like one purchased by NPR's Planet Money is the subject of a lawsuit. A New Jersey carpenters union invested $100,000 in a mortgage-backed bond now worth $5,000. It wants payback.

A toxic asset like one purchased by NPR's Planet Money is the subject of a lawsuit. A New Jersey carpenters union invested $100,000 in a mortgage-backed bond now worth $5,000. It wants payback.

American troops are leaving volatile Kandahar province by the thousands, handing security over to Afghan forces. But many Afghans don't trust Western forces or their own government to keep them safe. For the past two months, dozens of local leaders have been trying to come up with their own plan to revive Kandahar.