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The country's toll makes up nearly a third of the world's 619,000 malaria deaths each year. Now Nigeria has approved a new vaccine. Will it get into the arms of those who need it most?

A string of riots in suburban Paris is making headlines following the death of two teenage boys. Emma Charlton, a reporter for Agence France-Presse (AFP), talks about the ethnic and cultural tensions that have led to the violence and what efforts are being made to restore order.

President Vladimir Putin's party looked set to win a resounding victory in Sunday's parliamentary election. Early results give the United Russia party about 63 percent of the vote in an election Putin turned into a referendum on his rule.

A new U.S. intelligence report on Iran says Tehran may be able to develop a nuclear weapon between 2010 and 2015. But the National Intelligence Estimate finds that Iran halted its development program in the fall of 2003 — contradicting claims by the Bush administration.

As Democratic presidential candidates debated at a forum Tuesday sponsored by NPR and Iowa Public Radio, they sometimes raised more questions than they answered. NPR reporters following along kept track to provide a reality check.

Fort Payne, Ala., the world's sock capital, doesn't like competition from Honduras, which has enjoyed duty-free sock exports to the U.S. The tariff is set to be reinstated soon, but some say the town should move away from socks if it wants to compete globally.

The New York Times reported Sunday that the Bush administration has spent $100 million over the last six years to help secure Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.

Creating ethanol from corn is less energy efficient than other possible sources, like switchgrass and other "woody" plants. And ethanol is just one part of the alternative-energy mix, which also includes wind power and fuel cells, Ira Flatow says in a new book.

The Justice Department and the CIA's Inspector General are both investigating the agency's 2005 destruction of videotapes of the interrogations of top al-Qaida operatives. The Justice Department has already started what it calls a "preliminary inquiry" into the matter.

Representatives from around the world have gathered to hammer out a strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after the Kyoto treaty expires in 2012. One idea that seems to be gaining strength is a fund to help the poorest and most vulnerable countries adapt to a changing world. Negotiations in Kyoto started 10 years ago this week.