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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates hold a day of talks with Arab officials in Egypt and Saudi Arabia to seek support on Iraq and try to revive the Mideast peace process.

Citizen border watchers converge on southern Arizona to begin a month-long stakeout for illegal immigrants. The so-called Minuteman Project is seeking to stop illegal aliens from crossing a 23-mile stretch of the Mexican border in the San Pedro Valley, but turnout for the project has fallen short of organizers' predictions.

Seeking to blunt growing criticism over high energy prices, President Bush is proposing to speed construction of nuclear power plants and oil refineries -- possibly on retired military bases. He also made a pitch to boost sales of energy-efficient vehicles.

Over the past year, billionaire businessman and philanthropist George Soros has given millions of dollars to progressive groups seeking President Bush's defeat in November. Republicans charge such funding efforts are illegal, but so far, no judge or agency has agreed. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

The Republican convention will culminate Thursday night with an acceptance speech from President Bush that's expected to pay particular attention to domestic issues. Voters tell pollsters that is what they most want to hear from Bush as he seeks a second term. Hear NPR's Juan Williams.

The Supreme Court dismisses on a technicality a lawsuit seeking to drop the phrase "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. The ruling sidesteps the question of whether the phrase, when used in the public school recitation of the pledge, is an unconstitutional violation of the separation of church and state. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

Cuba's President Fidel Castro has resigned, saying he will not seek re-election after 49 years in power. NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten discusses the 81-year-old's reign as the world's longest ruling head of state, and the significance of his resignation.

A prosecutor at the International Criminal Court is expected to seek an arrest warrant Monday charging Sudan's president with orchestrating violence in the western region of Darfur. Tens of thousands of people are estimated to have died in the violence since 2003.

On Sunday, U.S. agents fired tear gas at migrants trying to cross into San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico. The migrants were protesting the slow pace with which the U.S. has been processing asylum claims.

On November 21, the Fort Myers Historic Preservation Commission denied The Laboratory Theater of Florida’s retroactive application for permission to place a mural on the Second Street side of their building at 1634 Woodford Ave. In compliance with their decision, Lab Theater has begun the process of removing the mural.