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A towering new suspension bridge debuts in southern France. At its highest point, the Millau Viaduct is more than 1,000 feet above ground, and the French say it's the highest bridge in the world. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Millau's mayor, Jacques Godfrain.

Pentagon top adviser and one of the chief architects of the war in Iraq, Douglas Feith, resigns. Feith, a staunch neo-conservative with close ties to Israel, is a controversial figure, especially for his role in the use of intelligence to justify the war in Iraq.

The government of Brazil says it will switch 300,000 government computers from Microsoft's Windows operating system to open source software like Linux. Microsoft founder Bill Gates wants to meet with Brazil's president to discuss the change. Brazil is dropping all proprietary software.

The Supreme Court hears a case on Tuesday that will decide whether local governments may force homeowners to sell their land so that private companies can redevelop the area. Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick joins NPR's Madeleine Brand to discuss the implications.

Leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion have the Episcopal Church USA and the Anglican Church of Canada not to participate in its June meeting. The divide in both cases relates to policy over gay unions and clergy.

Google plans to scan five vast library collections into its Internet search engine. The project will make available online the libraries of four universities -- Oxford, Harvard, Michigan, and Stanford -- as well as the books of the New York City Library no longer covered by copyright. Michael Leland of member station WUOM reports.

Church leaders and mourners pray for Pope John Paul II, whose body lies in the Clementina Hall at the Vatican. Born Karel Wojtyla in Poland 84 years ago, John Paul died in Saturday after 26 years as pope.

Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire witnessed the killing and chaos of the Hutu/Tutsi conflict in Rwanda. Scott Simon talks to Dallaire about his experience, which is chronicled in his book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda.

U.S Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan prosecuted Tommy Chong. We talk with her about Operation Pipe Dreams and how it applied to Chong, as well as the investigation that led to the charges against him.

Artists in Port-au-Prince are using bits of garbage and flotsam to create works reflecting poverty, voodoo and the urban Haitian experience.