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Lt. Gen. Robert Van Antwerp, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, says despite some flooding from Hurricane Gustav, New Orleans' levees and floodwalls worked as they were designed to. The Corps is tracking the water levels and monitoring communication among agencies and all 13 coastal parishes.

The California state Assembly considers a resolution that would formally recognize the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam in lieu of the current Vietnamese flag, as nine other states have done. Robert Siegel talks with Van Tran, a Republican assemblyman from the 68th district.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai visits President Bush at the White House, where the two discussed religious freedom, security and forging stronger economic ties. The hour-long talk came during the first visit by a Vietnamese leader since the end of the war in 1975.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai continues his U.S. visit. Tuesday, he met with President Bush at the White House and marked the 10-year anniversary since diplomatic ties between Washington and Hanoi resumed. NPR's Michael Sullivan talks about reaction to the visit in Vietnam and Bush's plans to visit there next year.

In the Netherlands, the recent murder of controversial filmmaker Theo Van Gogh by a Muslim extremist has revealed a climate of mistrust and fear between Muslims and traditional Dutch society. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli begins a five-part series on Europe as the emerging new battlefield in the struggle to define Muslim identity.

Our summer-long series of road trips continues with a visit to the Integratron, a dome built by a former aeronautical engineer intended to prolong human life using "electrostatic energy." The facility was inspired by a visitation from an extraterrestrial.

In 2010, Justin Horner was sitting on the side of the freeway, hoping someone would help him fix his blown tire. Right around the time he was about to give up, a van pulled over.

NPR's Melissa Block asks Jan van't Land of Doctors Without Borders about conditions in Idomeni, Greece, a small town where as many as 12,000 migrants are camping at the closed border with Macedonia.

The worm causes a debilitating intestinal disease called schistosomiasis. And the parasite is spreading rapidly because of an economic boom along the shores of East Africa's Lake Malawi.

Unsanctioned congressional trip comes days after Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia