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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Bush announce that their nations have reached agreement on a landmark nuclear deal. Under the accord, India has agreed to separate its civilian and military nuclear programs. Civilian nuclear plants in India will now be open to international inspection.

American air and ground forces strike the suspected site of a terrorist meeting in Fallujah, hitting a residential neighborhood. At least 16 people are killed, including several riding in an ambulance hit in the attack, according to hospital officials. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon.

By 2065, Hispanics will make up 31 percent of the immigrant population, while Asians will make up 38 percent. At the same time, whites will account for less than half the U.S. population by 2055.

The Pentagon has confirmed the report, and says there are no indications that the sailors were harmed during their detention.

Benjamin Glassman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, is formally announcing his resignation, effective 3 p.m. on Nov. 1.

The temporary units for people waiting to enter the U.S. are meant to bolster a shortfall in shelter caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The U.S. Marines paid at least $38,000 to the families of Iraqi civilians killed in a November clash in Haditha. The payments were made in December, according to a report confirmed by NPR. Investigators have been told that a sergeant coaxed the Marines to fabricate a cover story of the incident.

The tribal areas along Pakistan's border are a haven from which a resurgent Taliban has been launching attacks into Afghanistan, U.S. and Afghan officials say. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler, has tried both military force and appeasement to rein in the pro-Taliban militants in the country's lawless tribal areas.

Galveston, Texas, has some of the fastest sea level rise in the world. To protect the city, engineers need to know how fast ice in West Antarctica will melt. Scientists are racing to figure it out.

U.S. policy on Syria is back to the drawing board as it calls off military cooperation with Russia amid continued Russian airstrikes on civilian areas.