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A Washington Post report reveals that Halliburton -- formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney -- has received Pentagon contracts worth $1.7 billion to aid in the rebuilding of Iraq. The contracts cover everything from building construction to logistical support. Hear Post reporter Michael Dobbs.

Gunmen ambush U.S. Marines on patrol in Fallujah, Iraq, sparking an hours-long gun battle. At least one Marine is reported killed, and several wounded. The city is a hotbed of anti-American sentiment and a stronghold for Saddam Hussein loyalists. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

The U.S. Army report on the abuse of prisoners in Iraq is not the first document to record mistreatment. The Red Cross and Amnesty International had warned about prison conditions for months. NPR's Jacki Northam reports.

NPR's Joe Palca has been reporting on the discoveries made by NASA's two Mars rovers. He files this report on how the wives of two of the project's scientists and engineers cope with their husbands' long work days and strange sleep schedules.

The British government says it will ban conversion therapy, the controversial practice of trying to change sexual orientation.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome on accusations against Protestant and Catholic religious leaders for their role in the Rwanda genocide two years ago. As many as a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus died...killed by Hutu government militias. Some Christian news publications in Europe are reporting the names of clergy who are accused of direct involvement in the atrocities.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports..The White House has refused to give Congress an internal report on its decision to allow arms shipments from Iran to Bosnian Muslims..despite an international arms embargo. The White House cites confidentiality. Meanwhile ,..Senate Majority leader Bob Dole said Congress would hold investigate the shipments.

Researchers using high-tech brain imaging techniques have detected deterioration in the brains of people at risk for Alzheimer's disease well before any symptoms have developed. In a report in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers say the findings could help researchers trying to develop new treatments for Alzheimer's. Michelle Trudeau reports.

There is promising news today in the fight against malaria. Researchers from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and SmithKline Beecham Biologicals report preliminary success with a new malaria vaccine. Right now, there is no vaccine against malaria, and the need for one is urgent. Each year, malaria kills more than 2 million people around the world. NPR's Joe Palca reports.

Legal observers in the Oklahoma Bombing case are saying, true or not, a widely publicized report by the Dallas Morning News that Timothy McVeigh confided to his defense team that he bombed the Oklahoma City federal building will make it even harder to ensure that McVeigh receives a fair trial. NPR's Mark Roberts reports from Denver.