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NPR's Chris Joyce reports on a fire burning out of control at one of the main telecommunications centers in Baghdad. U.S. troops have sealed off the area around the blaze but no firefighters have arrived. Few Iraqis are taking notice of the latest blaze in a city badly hit by arson and looting.

The Pentagon has issued its pack of cards on the dirty dozens who kept Saddam in power. But aside from a few jokers -- the most recent being Saddam's half-brother Barzan Ibrahim Hasan -- few have turned up. Where are they? NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

NPR's Steve Inskeep in Karbala reports on the arrival of tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims who have gone to honor the Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, and one of the most revered figures in Shiite Islam. Some Shiite leaders have urged the pilgrims to use the occasion to demonstrate their opposition to the American military occupation of Iraq.

Many challenges await U.S. companies that will receive contracts to rebuild Iraq's schools. Iraq's public education system once was one of the most progressive in the Middle East, but it has suffered from years of neglect. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports that in the 50 years since the discovery of DNA's structure, genetic research has moved from a race for pure knowledge to a pursuit of profit. The scientific work of researchers James Watson and Francis Crick is now at the center of the entrepreneurial economy, and is erasing the traditional line between academia and industry.

Turkey's government opens its border with Iraq to humanitarian relief deliveries. The World Food Program is sending about 3,000 tons of food and other supplies across the border each day, intended for people in northern Iraq. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

Europe's Muslim population has doubled in the last decade, and an estimated 500,000 new immigrants -- most of them from Muslim nations -- arrive every year. In the second of a five-part series of reports, NPR Senior European Correspondent Sylvia Poggioli examines a volatile situation in Great Britain.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports the Bush administration believes the arrest in Pakistan over the weekend of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, is a major blow to al Qaeda -- but experts say it is not a mortal blow.

In a speech before the American Medical Association, President Bush outlines his proposal for a prescription-drug benefit in Medicare. The president's plan would cover all seniors, but would generously reward those in managed care. NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports.

Secretary of State Colin Powell says the U.S-led "coalition of the willing" to oust Saddam Hussein has the support of at least 45 nations. But he says a third of them "do not yet wish to be publicly named." NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.