Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has told Democrats and Republicans that if they want a global AIDS bill considered before President Bush heads to the Group of Eight summit next month, they will have to reach a compromise by Tuesday. Seven senators - led by Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn - still stand in the way.

If a Democratic president enters the White House about a year from now, some experts in family planning anticipate a boon for mankind: a greater effort by the United States government to restrain world population growth.