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At a Louisiana air force base, a hearing continues for two American military pilots who mistakenly bombed Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan last April, killing four and wounding eight others. The outcome of the hearing will determine whether the two flyers are court-martialed. Derek Stoffel reports.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Sherwin B. Nuland about his new book Lost in America: A Journey with My Father. It is the story of growing up in the shadow of an immigrant father who cannot make the America dream come true. Nuland describes the relationship between him and his father and the impact that relationship had on Nuland's later years. The book is published by Knopf.

More than 100 British police raid a London mosque early Monday in connection with their investigation into the recent discovery of the deadly poison ricin. Seven are arrested in the raid, the largest of its kind in Britain since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

In Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, a group of American fly fishermen and Russian scientists work to protect one of the world's last remaining strongholds of wild salmon, steelhead and trout. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

A German shop owner fights off a knife-wielding robber with a six-pack of beer.

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell urges other nations to face up to Saddam Hussein, saying the world "must not shrink" from its responsibility to disarm the Iraqi leader's regime. Hear NPR News.

Commentator Daniel Pinkwater remembers Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, and Yukon King, Preston's trusty malamute. And he reflects on his own dog companions.

Violinist Gidon Kremer of the orchestra Kremerata Baltica talks with Robert Siegel about the orchestra's new CD, Happy Birthday. The disc features many variations on the song, "Happy Birthday."

More than 20 people are reported dead after a powerful earthquake hits Mexico City and several Pacific-coast states. The quake is estimated to have a magnitude of 7.8. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports.

Thirty years after the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, the abortion debate continues. The White House focuses on curbing abortions abroad and on giving stronger legal rights to fetuses, while Democrats blast the Bush administration on its abortion rights record. NPR's Julie Rovner and Mara Liasson report.