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After nearly three years of war in Congo, an American aid agency says the conflict has cost close to 3 million lives. Robert Siegel talks with Dr. Les Roberts, an epidemiologist and the director of Health Policy for the International Rescue Committee in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Robert Siegel talks with Puerto Rico Governor Sila Maria Calderon about her opposition to the use of the island of Vieques for target practice by the U.S. Navy. Protestors had threatened to bury themselves on the Vieques firing range, and military exercises there were delayed today while the Navy made sure the range was cleared.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports a team of American engineers is on its way to the island of Hainan where they will inspect the U.S. surveillance plane that was forced to land there after a midair collision with a Chinese jet fighter on April 1. The team will evaluate how best to move the plane and bring it back to the United States. U.S.-China cooperation on this matter is seen as a positive development in the often troubled relationship.

NPR's Kenneth Walker in Luanda reports on a young Angolan artist, who is attracting growing international attention. The artist, known as Zaytubia, lost both his hands and one eye in a grenade explosion, but still manages to paint by grasping his brushes between his elbows.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on Dennis Tito, the world's first space tourist. Tito returns to earth this weekend after a week's stay at the international space station. NASA was opposed to Tito's trip, which he arranged with the Russian space agency. But NASA still claims the day will come when they too will be allowing tourists into space.

Host Madeleine Brand talks with Asian fusion singer, Sheila Chandra, about her latest CD This Sentence is True. Chandra experiments with the voice as an instrument and blends vocal traditions from American gospel and English folk, among other styles.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman examines how the first Japanese-born position player in Major League Baseball is becoming one of the biggest tourist attractions in Seattle. Fans from all over the world are flocking to see Ichiro Suzuki play for the Seattle Mariners. Merchandise featuring the rookie superstar regularly sells out, and the team has seen attendance figures soar.

Host Madeleine Brand talks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli about the Pope's upcoming trip to Greece. The Pontiff's planned visit -- the first from a Roman Catholic leader in nearly 13 centuries -- has upset the country's Orthodox majority. Greece is the first stop on the Pope's pilgrimage to retrace the travels of the Apostle Paul.

After a late-night session and some frayed nerves, the House of Representatives failed to pass the federal budget, because of two pages missing from the document. The vote has been rescheduled for next Tuesday. NPR's David Welna reports.

NPR's satire show Rewind has some ideas about how millionaire Dennis Tito is spending his time on the International Space Station. (2:50