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Geraldine Coughlan reports that a bill voted up in the Dutch Senate today has made euthanasia legal in the Netherlands -- the first country in the world to legalize this complex issue. A system of rules and regulations is being set up, and legal euthanizations will begin in the summer.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR White House Correspondent Don Gonyea about the U.S. view of this morning's agreement with the Chinese government to release the 24 U.S. Navy personnel held in southern China for 11 days. The White House has confirmed that an agreement has been reached.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to boost national pride. But some Russians are already plenty proud-- of their homegrown pop and rock music. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow on a radio station called Nasha Radio — "our radio."

From Minnesota Public Radio, Dan Gunderson reports on the community effort in Moorhead, Minnesota, to protect homes and buildings from flooding rivers. With memories of the 1997 floods fresh in their minds, residents are quickly erecting emergency levees in the hopes of avoiding the billions of dollars in damage they saw four years ago.

Steve Hirschberg of member station WVXU reports on violent clashes between police and residents in Cincinnati after officers killed an unarmed young black man. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas into crowds of demonstrators.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Mitchell Daniels who, as director of the Office of Management and Budget, is responsible for getting the budget through Congress. On Monday, the president released details of his $1.96 trillion budget, which he had outlined in a blueprint on February 28th. Last week, the Senate approved the blueprint after scaling back the President's proposed 10-year tax cut from 1.6 trillion to 1.2 trillion. The House approved the entire 1.3 trillion tax cut proposal on March 21st.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's China Correspondent Rob Gifford about the agreement announced this morning between the U.S. and China. The news was first announced by the Chinese foreign minister.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the future of U.S. surveillance flights and U.S. China relations as this first foreign policy crisis of the Bush administration is gradually resolved.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr expected the standoff with the Chinese over the downed reconnaissance plane to last longer and looks at where he went wrong.

An association of public safety officials wants to negotiate a settlement to its ongoing fight with cellular phone companies. Each side has blamed the other for delays in building a tracing capacity into their phones to aid emergency workers. The public safety officials want the FCC to reject delaying tactics by the phone companies. NPR's Emily Harris reports.