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NPR's Ted Clark reports that when Iraqi President Saddam Hussein sent his troops into northern Iraq he may have had a more important reason of state for doing so than just helping a pro-Baghdad Kurdish faction battle against its opponents. Iran and Turkey --Iraq's two neighbors -- may well have been bent on carving up the Kurdish provinces of northern Iraq for themselves.

The first black photographer to receive a Guggenheim fellowship, Roy De Carava was one of a handful of innovators in the early 1950's who broke with traditional styles and subjects for photography, and tried to capture the humanity of his subjects -- the "real life" of his neighborhood, the subway, restaurants, and especially jazz musicians. Now the first major retrospective of his work is touring the country, organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Karen Michel (mih-SHEL) reports.

Today President Clinton sent a letter to Congress endorsing a Republican bill that would allow a tax credit for parents adopting children, and would discourage states from holding up interracial adoptions. The President is moving towards Republican positions on other family issues as well. This weekend, Mr. Clinton said he would not allow states to give welfare benefits to teenage mothers unless they live with their families and attend school. NPR's White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports.

Alex Chadwick reports on the extraordinary biodiversity of Madagascar. The island split off the southeast coast of Africa millions of years ago, before many mammals evolved. As a result, Madagascar's disappearing forests are populated mostly by insects, amphibians, and reptiles -- and by the island's newest and most rapidly reproducing species -- humans.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that four of the Republican presidential candidates participated in a debate this afternoon in South Carolina, which holds its primary March 2. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, former Texas Gov. Lamar Alexander, commentator Pat Buchanan and publisher Steve Forbes all hope to win at least some of the state's 37 delegates. The candidates had sometimes feisty exchanges over their positions on trade, taxes, campaign ads and social issues.

NPR's Kathy Schalch reports that presidential candidates have a lot more to spend their money on than expensive television advertising, which often gets the most attention. They spend the bulk of their funds on staff and travel, and direct-mail solicitations to help them raise even more money. This year is already the most expensive campaign in history, but experts aren't sure just what all that spending is getting in return.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports on a new initiative that targets churches for I-R-S investigations. "Americans United for Separation of Church and State" filed a complaint today with the IRS against Second Baptist Church of Houston. The complaint accuses the church of violating its tax exempt status by publishing specific, partisan voting instructions in a project pamphlet. Second Baptist Church of Houston is one of the largest churches in the country with more than 22-thousand members.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that while a number of states have filed huge lawsuits against the tobacco industry, there's been substantial resistance among elected officials in some states to these suits. While a number of Attorneys General are hoping to recover money they said the state has had to pay out for tobacco-related illnesses, some politicians feel this is not the best way for their states to spend their time and money, and some have resisted these suits because they feel they just end up lining the pockets of anti-tobacco lawyers.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports that despite the rush to hook schools to the Internet, there's still a lot of questions about just how useful on-line services are to students. Some schools that have just been connected find that without the right training, students and teachers often waste time learning how to use the Internet. Schools with more experience say it's crucial to structure lesson plans around Internet resources, and to make sure students are not just using computers as a toy.

In the fraud and conspiracy case against Jim and Susan McDougal and Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, businessman David Hale testified today that he met with then governor Bill Clinton and James McDougal to discuss making a covet loan to Clinton. Mr. Hale is the government's star witness and his testimony has been long-awaited. He was sentenced last week to more than 2 years in prison and more than a million dollars in fines for defrauding the Small Business Administration. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports from Little Rock, Arkansas.