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Political parties led by former Iraqi exiles appear to be in the strongest position to win power in Iraq's upcoming elections, largely as a result of the prominent positions they held in the now-disbanded U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Baghdad.

A commission on Abu Ghraib prison abuses, headed by former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger, finds fault throughout the chain of military command and in Washington. Top leaders are criticized for failing to provide adequate resources to the prison. Hear Schlesinger and NPR's Robert Siegel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Beslan, where a hostage crisis ended in carnage Friday. At least 330 people died Friday as security forces battled Chechen rebels. Half were children. In the wake of the disaster, Putin eyes a new approach to counterterror efforts. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

In a speech to the American Legion, Sen. John Kerry details what he calls the Bush administrations' many failures in Iraq. Kerry criticizes President Bush for not giving U.N. inspectors more time before the war and for failing to plan for the postwar period. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

As Sen. John McCain prepares to give the headlining speech of the GOP convention's first night, the Arizona Republican criticizes negative ads targeting Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry's military record in Vietnam. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel.

After a six-and-a-half-year journey, NASA's Cassini spacecraft becomes the first to enter Saturn's orbit. The bus-sized spacecraft will spend the next several years exploring the planet, its rings and its moons. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Family members of those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks express concerns that the commission studying U.S. intelligence before Sept. 11, 2001, won't answer vital questions in its final report, due this week. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

Administration officials say President Bush is backing the 9-11 Commission's recommendations for the creation of a national intelligence director. But the position will not be established inside the White House, as the commission proposed. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Larry Johnson, a former counter-terrorism official at the CIA and State Department, calls the Bush administration "irresponsible" for raising the terror threat level. Johnson says intelligence suggests attacks on U.S. financial institutions have been considered -- not that they are in the works. He speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The 15th International AIDS Conference comes to a close in Thailand. A U.S. plan to spend $15 billion on emergency measures is criticized over details, and divisions are evident at the gathering despite calls for unity. NPR's Richard Knox reports.