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Iran's best-known political prisoner Akbar Ganji lies near death, 51 days into a hunger strike. Jahanshah Javid, publisher of the web journal Iranian.com, discusses Ganji's stance on the separation of mosque and state in Iran.

Investigators meet with billionaire investor Warren Buffett in their investigation of improper transactions between American International Group and General Re, a subsidiary of Buffett's Berkshire-Hathaway.

Academy Award-winning actress Anne Bancroft died on Monday at the age of 73. Bancroft won the Oscar for her role in The Miracle Worker, but she may be best known now for her role as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate.

Four explosions hit London's transit system Thursday, just two weeks after bombers struck three London Underground stations and a double-decker bus. Alex Chadwick talks with Nick Childs of the BBC.

The Indonesian island of Nias appears to have taken the largest hit in Monday's Indian Ocean earthquake. Michele Norris talks with Jeremie Delage, an aid worker with Oxfam International, about the current situation.

The Supreme Court hears arguments on whether copyright protections apply to peer-to-peer file sharing. The case pits the entertainment industry against software company Grokster.

Attackers, reportedly dressed in Iraqi uniforms, kill a well-known Sunni Muslim tribal leader and several of his relatives. The Shiite-controlled government says its forces weren't involved in the deaths, which prompted an angry protest at a Sunni mosque.

A roadside bomb in western Iraq kills 14 U.S. Marines, one of the deadliest single attacks on U.S. forces since the war's start. In southern Iraq, police find the body of an American journalist who was abducted and shot dead.

Former President Bill Clinton undergoes surgery Monday morning to bypass blockages in his coronary arteries. The 58-year-old Clinton is otherwise in good health. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Richard Knox.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat faces down a revolt by disaffected members of his own political organization in the Gaza Strip. The dissidents are demanding reforms to share power. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.