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U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who was tasked with leading the formation of Iraq's new interim government, says he did not get his choice for candidates to fill some top spots. But he says comments he made Wednesday calling U.S. civilian administrator Paul Bremer "the dictator in Iraq" were in jest. Brahimi talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Mourners continue to pay their respects to the late President Ronald Reagan at the library named for him in California's Simi Valley. NPR's Madeleine Brand reports from the Reagan Library, where crowds wait for hours to view the former president's coffin.

Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawai announces that nine armed militias comprising some 100,000 men will disband. Under the plan, the militiamen will be eligible for jobs in the police, army or security services, and may also qualify for civilian government jobs. The militia controlled by the radical Shiite cleric Muktadr Sadr is not part of the pact. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Deborah Amos.

The Hilliard Ensemble is a Renaissance music group that also applies its talents to modern compositions. The group has a repertoire that spans five centuries. David D'Arcy reports.

As socially-conscious consumerism spreads, the latest in "sweatshop-free" clothing is the "No Sweat Sneaker." The shoes are meant to help improve living conditions for factory workers around the globe. But the proponents of the anti-sweatshop movement don't always agree on what constitutes humane working conditions at Third-World factories. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

Reporter Virginia Biggar talks to teenage contestants in the preliminary round of the National Geographic Bee, testing their knowledge of the Earth's features, names and nations.

Western New York has been particularly hard hit by the decline of the U.S. manufacturing sector and in recent years has lost thousands of jobs. But one local entrepreneur is finding success in resuscitating factories in the depressed region that others had written off. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

In an unusual editorial, The New York Times says it made mistakes when it reported on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The paper found that, in the months before the war, reporters and editors relied too heavily on Iraqi defectors and U.S. government officials eager to promote a war. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Tom Rosentiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism at the Pew Center.

The U.S. Census Bureau says more than one in six adopted kids are of a different race than their parents. Statistics show that in the foster care system nationally, almost 60 percent of children are black or Latino. For years, there have been acrimonious debates over whether children of color should be placed only with parents who are of the same race. As our series on foster care continues, reporter Allison Keyes examines so-called "trans-racial" adoptions.

Colorado has moved forward with a program to issue school vouchers, but legal roadblocks have so far stalled the initiative. NPR's Jeff Brady reports the issue has now come before the Supreme Court of Colorado.