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It sounds like something from a science fiction movie: plants that give off a warning glow during a terrorist attack. But researchers are working to develop plants that do exactly that. NPR's Ketzel Levine reports on the latest advances in making "smart plants" to be used as warning devices during a biochemical attack.

Russell Lewis in San Diego, NPR's Cheryl Corley in Chicago and Toni Randolph in Boston report on how Americans view the mission of U.S. troops in Iraq in light of the ongoing guerilla war there.

The Hong Kong economy could lose more than $5 billion dollars as a result of the SARS epidemic. One of the companies hardest hit is Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific, which has cut flights by nearly half. NPR's Joe Palca reports from Hong Kong.

NPR's Joe Palca reports from Hong Kong on how scientists tracked down the cause of SARS and identified the virus. The quick identification of the virus is credited with helping to contain the epidemic in many places. And it provides a model for future epidemics involving new viruses or bacteria.

Washington Post reporter Anthony Shadid tells NPR's Melissa Block what's happening in Baghdad. The looting, he says, has been rampant -- not just of government buildings, but of all buildings, including hospitals. He says Baghdad is in a state of anarchy with the complete collapse of any authority.

One Marine dies and 20 more are wounded in battles on the streets of Baghdad. And more Marines are injured in a suicide bombing. Meanwhile, crowds roam the streets, some looting government offices, others cheering on U.S. troops. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

NPR's John Burnett reports on the situation in Saddam City, the sprawling Shiite neighborhood in eastern Baghdad. It began as a huge housing development in the 1960s but has become a slum. Marines in Saddam City have encountered ecstatic crowds and utter destitution.

NPR's John Burnett in Baghdad reports on the first tentative steps by Marines to restore order in the eastern part of the city. U.S. commanders are making contact with neighborhood Muslim clergymen, seeking their help to stop the wave of looting and arson in the capital.

NPR's Jackie Northam in Baghdad reports on the emergence of new political parties in Iraq, each trying to fill the vacuum left by the ouster of Saddam Hussein's regime. Political party offices are sprouting up all over the capital, representing Islamist groups as well as leftists, monarchists and former high-ranking military officers.

As part of the overall plan to rebuild Iraq, the United States aims to install an interim administration to run the nation until elections can be held. One of the organizations that likely will play a prominent role is the exiled opposition group the Iraqi National Congress. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.