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For the Electric Coney Second Annual Labor Day 0.5K in D.C., runners will jog back and forth between two bars. Whoever unwraps a hot dog covered in edible gold foil will be declared the winner.

The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency gives the North Korean government one last chance to readmit inspectors who were expelled a week ago. Meanwhile, U.S. officials hold consultations with Japan and South Korea on how to persuade the North to abandon nuclear programs. Hear more from NPR News.

The U.N. Security Council will discuss Russia's so-called filtration camps, where hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have supposedly been detained, interrogated and possibly moved far into Russia.

Israel is ramping up its attacks throughout Lebanon, saying it is striking Hezbollah targets there.

The Bush administration will begin circulating a draft resolution within the U.N. Security Council that would authorize the creation of a multinational force in Iraq under U.S. command, U.S. officials say. The decision, an effort to attract more foreign contributions, comes as the cost of the U.S. operation in Iraq continues to mount. Hear Guillaume Parmentier of the French Center on the United States.

Pyongyang said it's a dream for the U.S. to think it will give up its nuclear weapons. The U.N. Security Council last week approved new sanctions against North Korea after its latest missile launch.

Israel hit the Syrian military headquarters and close to the presidential palace in Damascus with airstrikes Wednesday. The UN Security Council will meet to discuss the crisis between the countries.

Israel ends its agreement with the U.N. aid agency for Palestinians, but aid workers say there is no Plan B in place.

Palestinians across Gaza say they're starving and cold without enough food or shelter. Aid groups say Israel is not letting enough supplies into Gaza. Armed gangs are also stealing aid.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano says that, "with cooperation" from Tehran, a report could be finalized before January.