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Would it bother you to find the neighbors' cattle grazing on your front lawn? Just how long can you live without power when it's 20 degrees outside? Some communities in western states have drafted ground rules for newcomers -- a new "Code of the West." Read some helpful hints for life on a new frontier.

Arab League foreign ministers gathered in Cairo indicate that Iraq is likely to accept the terms of the U.N. resolution calling for disarmament. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

Throngs of protesters turn out Saturday for a massive anti-war protest in Florence, Italy. They demanded that the United States rethink an assault on Iraq. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Beyond the glamour of Hollywood and the romance of the Golden Gate Bridge, there is another California -- and it's home to the greatest garden in the world. The 400-mile-long Central Valley supplies fully one-quarter of the food America eats. Now the region faces huge changes. NPR's John McChesney and Richard Gonzales begin a four-part series focusing on the future of California's Central Valley.

Czech writer Arnost Lustig is considered one of the country's most prominent writers. His new novel, Lovely Green Eyes, is the story of a 15-year-old girl in Auschwitz and the compromises she makes in order to stay alive. Lustig himself survived Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Buchenwald camps. His family died in the gas chambers. Lustig teaches at American University in Washington, D.C. He is also featured in the new documentary Fighter, in which he and long-time friend Jan Wiener retrace wartime memories.

Pollsters Stan Greenberg, a Democrat, and Bill McInturff, a Republican, weigh in on the results of the midterm elections. They speak with NPR's Bob Edwards.

Among some planners at the Pentagon and the White House, the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan is seen as a potential long-term ally, but analysts say the Alliances record in power is marred with corruption and brutality. NPRs David Molpus reports.

Listeners were asked to write about how they're coping in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. In their letters, many from schoolchildren, they spoke of love of country, worries about the economy and fear of further terrorism.

Leave it to an imaginative Polish film director to find an innovative way to frame a classic opera. Mariusz Trelinski speaks with host Robert Siegel about how to make Madama Butterfly register with a television-jaded audience.

Gourmet guru Julia Child is saying goodbye to her Cambridge, Mass., home, where she has held court on good cooking for 40 years. She's headed for retirement in sunny California. Rachel Gotbaum from NPR member station WBUR sat down for an interview with Child in her pot-cluttered kitchen.