U.S. charities have received close to $2 billion to help in Haiti since the earthquake two years ago. But it's not easy to determine exactly how all that money is being spent and what kind of impact it is having.

You know Spain's unemployment rate is bad when villagers cheer the arrival of a nuclear waste facility in their backyard — because of the jobs it will bring. That's the case in one tiny Spanish hamlet. The town has been chosen to host a nuclear waste plant that's expected to create much-needed jobs. The mayor calls it "magnificent news."

The captain of the shipwrecked luxury liner just off the coast of Italy has been arrested and faces accusations of manslaughter, tampering with evidence and abandoning ship. He told a reporter that he was the last one to leave the ship, a claim immediately dismissed by prosecutors. A consumer protection association plans a class action lawsuit against the shipping company that owns the liner.

A luxury cruise liner went aground off Italy's coast on Friday.

As nations tighten economic sanctions and Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz, tensions between U.S. and Iran are mounting. Former ambassador and trustee of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy Thomas Pickering argues that military action isn't the solution in Iran.

At least 16 people remain still missing as rescue operations are suspended due to weather. The lead Italian prosecutor in the case said bringing the ship so close to the shore was part of a maritime practice — the equivalent of a fly-by.

Standard and Poor's has downgraded the credit ratings of nine Euopean countries including France. They face exposure to financial troubles in Greece among other places. Zanny Minton Beddoes, global economics editors at The Economist, talks to Steve Inskeep about the latest European financial troubles.