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NPR's Guy Raz reports on the British play that features a fictional George Dubya as its lead character who declares a war on tourism from his bunk bed. The play, The Madness of George Dubya, is from playwright Justin Butcher at the Teatro Technis, a small fringe venue in north London.

NPR's Nick Spicer talks with host Bob Edwards from Paris about today's NATO meeting on the French announcement that it will veto contingency planning for protection of Turkey in case of an Iraq war. Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Paris today.

NPR's Kate Seelye reports Iraq's artists have survived -- even flourished -- during the U.N. embargo in place since the Gulf War. Some Iraqi artists say the current threat of war is making them even more determined to create. Others say they want nothing more than peace.

State and local officials buy electronic voting machines in hopes of avoiding the low-tech messiness of pencil marks on paper ballots and so-called "hanging chads." But some computer scientists say vote-counting computers are inaccurate. NPR's Dan Charles reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder have both endorsed beefing up weapons inspections in Iraq and a full Iraq no-fly zone. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Jacki talks with protesters outside the Israali embassy.

The Hawkeye State has fewer people than it did in the 1980 census. State Governor Tom Vilsack would like to turn the population tide by recruiting people from around the world. Yet the state with the slogan "Fields of Opportunities" is still 96% white, and isn't used to immigrants. From member station WOI in Ames, Joyce Russell reports.

Henry Award winner and National Book Award finalist Amy Bloom talks to Liane about her disturbing, yet uplifting short stories in A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You (Random House). She also reads an excerpt from one called The Story.

Liane talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden from Hebron for an update on violence in the region between Israelis and Palestinians.

This past week the last Mini, that icon of British popular culture in the 1960s, rolled of the production line. Liane speaks with David Hollis of the British Mini Club about the tiny car's enduring appeal for the rich, the famous and the common man.