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After waiting more than four years for Europe to lift a ban on approving new varieties of genetically modified crops, the United States threatens to take its case to the World Trade Organization. The WTO could impose stiff penalties on countries that violate trade rules. NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports.

A surprise ceasefire between the Nepal government and Maoists fighting to overthrow the constitutional monarchy spurred hopes for an end to a bloody campaign that has killed thousands. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports the interim government appointed by the king vowed to press ahead with preparatory talks with the rebels. The indefinite ceasefire ends, at least for now, the bloodiest spell in an almost seven-year rebellion that has killed more than 7,200 people.

We hear from NPR's Joseph Shapiro about a Pennsylvania health insurance plan that's offering that kind of personal care to its customers with diabetes.

Richard Reid, the al Qaeda follower who tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes, is sentenced to life in prison. Reid gets the maximum sentence after declaring himself a soldier of war. NPR's Tovia Smith reports.

In the first of two reports on diabetes, NPR's Richard Knox reports a new study from Denmark shows people with diabetes can turn their health around with intensive one-on-one counseling about what they eat and how much they exercise.

The nation's biggest public pension fund agrees to pay a record $250 million to settle age-discrimination claims. The case involves 1,700 California public safety workers who were disabled in the line of duty. NPR's Elaine Korry reports.

A sound montage of some of the voices from yesterday's space shuttle Columbia disaster, including Mission Control declaring a contingency for the shuttle; Barbara Lancaster of Richardson, Texas, who heard overhead a loud pair of booms produced by the shuttle; NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe; William Readdy, NASA's associate administrator for space flight; and President George W. Bush.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr discusses the relationship between the space program and global politics.

NPR's Chris Joyce reports on the technical issues investigators will explore as they try to arrive at an explanation of this weekend's space shuttle crash.

The South Korean president-elect sends an official to Washington, D.C., amid heightening tensions over North Korea's suspected nuclear program. The envoy is expected to meet U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and other top officials. Hyun-Sung Khang reports.