Search results for

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Arturo Sarukhan, former Mexican ambassador to the U.S., about the current situation along the U.S. and Mexico border.

U.S. officials take custody of a former Iraqi spy chief. The arrest of Farouk Hijazi comes a day after Tariq Aziz, Iraq's highly visible former deputy prime minister, turned himself in to U.S. officials. Some believe Aziz may be able to disclose information on the status of Saddam Hussein. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and NPR's Guy Raz.

President Bush is pleased with the U.S. military's progress in Baghdad and believes the "historical moment" is a "powerful testament to mankind's desire to live free," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer says. But the White House also warns that dangers for U.S. troops could still lie ahead. Hear NPR's Brian Naylor.

CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency officials say two mobile labs found in northern Iraq are evidence that Saddam Hussein once had a biological weapons program. U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggests that Iraq may have destroyed its stockpile prior to the U.S.-led invasion. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

The human rights office at the U.N. says it has list of about 200 global companies that do business in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The U.S. and Israel don't want the list published.

Two convoys of private U.S. citizens arrived in Port Sudan over the weekend after departing the capital of Khartoum, where deadly fighting between rival militaries has killed hundreds.

Steve Inskeep talks to journalist Poppy McPherson about the two Reuters reporters who've been arrested in Myanmar for allegedly violating a colonial-era law amid an apparent crackdown on the press.

Like her violin concertos, which were recently rediscovered in an abandoned house, Florence Price's undervalued reputation is undergoing some richly deserved restoration.

Linda Celeste Sims and Glenn Allen Sims met at work — at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Over 15 years of marriage later, they have some advice for balancing it all and sustaining a marriage.

On Earth, crumbs are harmless, but in orbit they can be perilous. But bread is a big deal in Germany, so scientists and engineers there are teaming up to create an oven and dough fit for microgravity.