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BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan testifies before a British government-appointed inquiry investigating the death of weapons expert David Kelly. Gilligan defends his report that the British government rewrote a dossier to make its case for war in Iraq. Kelly was an anonymous source for Gilligan. Hear Daily Telegraph editor George Jones.

NPR's Melissa Block talks with U.S. senators Pat Roberts (R-KS), chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and John D. Rockefeller, IV (D-WVA), the panel's vice-chair, about their report criticizing pre-war intelligence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The report was approved unanimously by the bi-partisan committee.

A report on the quality of Britain's pre-war intelligence on Iraq has found "serious flaws" and no evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction ready for use. The inquiry also concluded that Prime Minister Tony Blair did not deliberately distort intelligence to justify the invasion of Iraq. Susan Chislett reports.

Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller says she disagrees with criticism of her reporting on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. She maintains that her sources got their facts wrong, and denies that her stories were improperly vetted.

about the latest attack by Hutu rebels in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. It is the fiercest fighting reported since a coup in July. The Tutsi-dominated army claims it has repelled the attack.

A much-debated U.S. intelligence report states that Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for Islamic extremists, and that the war there has bred a deep resentment of the United States. The White House made declassified the report's conclusion Tuesday.

Famed Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Leakey has died at age 77. His discoveries helped prove Africa was the cradle of civilization.

NBC News reports that the Equifax credit reporting agency has collected wage records on about one-third of American adults. Some has then been sold to "debt collectors, financial service companies and other entities." It's all legal, but is viewed by some as a huge breach of privacy.

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here, All Things Considered co-host Ari Shapiro transports us to Panama for this week's Reporter's Notebook.

A new Congressional report proposes federal and state guidelines for regulating the growing "assisted living" industry. Assisted living facilities traditionally offer more independence than nursing homes, and aren't as regulated. But as the number of facilities grow, so do the complaints. NPR's Joseph Shapiro reports.