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The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq says the insurgency is increasingly targeting civilians in what may be a strategic shift in tactics. Over the past week, eight American and European civilian aid workers were killed in three separate ambushes. Attacks against Iraqis working with the U.S.-led occupation have also become common. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

Top GOP lawmakers emphasized the unprecedented nature of the unauthorized disclosure of the high court's draft ruling on an abortion case instead of the possible impact on women or on the midterms.

Mineta served during the Clinton and Bush administrations, leading the Department of Transportation through the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to history professor Peggy Pascoe of the University of Oregon in Eugene about U.S. laws that were the nation's longest lasting form of legalized racial discrimination. For three centuries, states had laws of various sorts barring marriage between people thought to be of different "races." They lasted halfway into the 20th century when a Supreme Court decision overturned the last ones. We compare and contrast the fears behind those laws with fears against same-sex marriage today.

Top officials from the Bush and Clinton administrations tell the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks that they had no specific intelligence before the attacks suggesting terrorists might hijack airliners and crash them into the World Trade Center. But last year, Congress published a report saying a number of warnings detailing the attacks were ignored. Hear NPR's Danny Zwerdling.

The House is scheduled to vote on a federal budget plan for fiscal year 2005, which starts in October. Both Democrats and Republicans are seeking ways to reduce the ballooning deficits predicted for coming years. But as the general election approaches, the debate on Capitol Hill is increasingly politicized. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

Ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide left his exile in Africa to take up temporary residence in Jamaica. The Jamaican government says Aristide has not been granted asylum, and can stay for less than three months. Haiti's interim leader has suspended relations with Jamaica over the issue, recalling the Haitian ambassador from Kingston. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports.

A year after the U.S. invasion, Iraq's neighbors are adapting to the new political and economic climate in the region. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Ambassador Robert Pelletreau about the changes in three countries: Iran, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.

Part church, part street market, part three-ring circus -- celebrating 100 years of spectacle at Times Square. NPR's Robert Smith offers a birthday tribute.

U.S. Marines in Iraq surrounding the embattled city of Fallujah are allowing women, children and the elderly to flee the fighting with militia forces -- but will not allow military-aged men to leave. The Marines are also allowing food, water and medicine to enter the city, but have turned away trucks full of men also trying to enter the city. Eric Niiler of member station KPBS, embedded with the 1st Marine Division, reports.