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All Things Considered guest host John Ydstie talks to NPR's Anne Garrels about the situation inside Baghdad, where electricity and phone service are cut off. Garrels reports that her movements are very limited because of a curfew, but she can hear explosions, shelling and missiles in the western part of the city, closest to Baghdad Airport.

President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair end two days of war talks at Camp David. At a joint news conference, President Bush vows to persevere for "however long it takes" to remove Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Owen Bennett-Jones, a BBC reporter, who sailed into the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr on the British supply ship Sir Galahad today. Bennett-Jones talks about the immense security precautions used to guard the Sir Galahad from mines and small crafts as it sailed into port with the first military shipment of relief aid for Iraqis.

The nightmare of urban warfare comes true as U.S. forces battle pockets of resistance in Baghdad. An American armored column invades a presidential palace, daylight hours are filled with sounds of bombs, artillery and automatic gunfire which quiet toward night. Electricity and phones are out. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

The U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division attacks Baghdad's international airport as American forces move within 12 miles of the Iraqi capital. U.S. forces see little resistance and note an increase in Iraqi surrenders. But commanders remain wary of a trap in Baghdad. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports the whereabouts of Saddam Hussein remains a mystery. If he's still alive, some analysts believe he might have retreated to Tikrit, his hometown, and from which most of his inner circle derives. Other analysts suggest he would not go there. There are rumors that senior Iraqi leaders have crossed the border into Syria.

U.S. forces consolidate their hold over Baghdad, but continue to engage in sporadic clashes with forces loyal to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. At least one Marine is reported killed and almost 20 wounded after a three-hour battle to seize a presidential palace. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

U.S. humanitarian groups seeking to send food, water and medicine to Iraq step up fundraising campaigns after finding mixed results in gathering donations so far. Aid groups say clean water is the priority -- and they're encouraged by a relatively low number of refugees. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports.

NPR's Emily Harris reports from Berlin that a half century after World War II, Germans are beginning to talk about themselves as victims of the war. The idea was long taboo. Now, though, the reexamination of allied bombing and its thousands of civilian victims is fueling German opposition to the war in Iraq.

Baghdad's Al Durah power station provides electricity to about half of the city of five million. It's been shut down since it was hit by a U.S. airstrike over a week ago. Now, U.S. troops are working with Iraqi engineers to bring it back on line. NPR's Jackie Northam reports from Baghdad.