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NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on today's downing of a U.S. Chinook helicopter near Baghdad. The aircraft was carrying dozens of soldiers headed for leave. At least 15 soldiers died, making today the deadliest for U.S. forces in the six-month occupation of Iraq.

Former Iraqi soldiers could prove crucial to US efforts to quell resistance to the occupation. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were demobilized when U.S. forces dismantled the Iraqi army following the war. Some are now in the pay of insurgents attacking U.S. troops. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

President George Bush addresses recent bombings in Iraq during a formal news conference in the Rose Garden, saying he believes foreign terrorists are likely responsible for the attacks. The White House event is the president's tenth full-scale news conference, and the first in recent months. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

U.S. military trainers recruit more than 7,000 new police officers to keep the peace in Baghdad. The new police force begins accompanying American troops on dangerous night patrols. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

In the build-up to the war in Iraq, Ahmed Chalabi, exiled head of the Iraqi National Congress, was the darling of U.S. military planners, who flew him into southern Iraq as the war subsided. But now, U.S. occupation forces are keeping their distance from Chalabi and other former opposition leaders. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Oil wealth has long generated dreams of prosperity, but in the lands of production, the reserves have often brought political and economic instability. In the final part of a Morning Edition series, Sandy Tolan and collaborating reporters look at the jungles of Peru, where residents doubt a gas pipeline project's promise to be environmentally responsible.

The 37 members of Baghdad's new city council hold their inaugural meeting in the Iraqi capital. U.S. officials selected the council members to advise Paul Bremer, chief U.S. administrator for Iraq. Bremer is expected to announce a national Iraqi governing council later this month. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

The United States is trying to move Iraq toward capitalism. The U.S.-led post-war Iraq administration wants to sell off state-owned industries to private companies. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

Iraqi psychologists visit schools in an effort to assess the mental-health effects of the war on the nation's children. Experts say many children are suffering flashbacks, nightmares and other symptoms consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

A program for drug addicts teaches native Hawaiians about their ancestors, history and culture. The idea is to help the clients see that they are connected to something larger than themselves. On Morning Edition, Jon Miller reports on the program as part of the Worlds of Difference series on global cultural changes.