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For the first time, crude oil prices rise above $50 a barrel in world trading, despite efforts by OPEC to calm markets. The price is a response to the slow recovery of U.S. oil production following Hurricane Ivan in Florida and unrest in key producers Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Nigeria. Hear NPR's Jim Zarroli.

A slew of recent security breaches in London is likely to have an impact on tourism. A reporter for a tabloid newspaper recently managed to bring fake bomb equipment onto the floor of Parliament without being checked. Earlier, a protestor dressed as Batman managed to scale Buckingham Palace. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and Matthew Tempest of the British newspaper The Guardian.

The Nobel Foundation announces that an environmental and political activist from Kenya has won the 2004 Nobel Peace prize. Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977. She recently gained notice for a campaign to plant 30 million trees to combat deforestation. NPR's Renee Montagne talks to NPR's Jason Beaubien.

The former top U.S. administrator in Iraq says the United States deployed too few troops there. L. Paul Bremer said the U.S. military also failed to contain violence and looting. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and retired Maj. Gen. William Nash of the Council on Foreign Relations.

The 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to three Americans for their insights into the fundamental structures of matter -- the forces that bind together quarks. David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek showed how tiny quark particles interact, helping to explain how a coin spins -- and how the universe was built.

Saying "Thank you, America," Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi tells a joint meeting of Congress that "liberty and democracy" are taking hold in Iraq, and vows elections will take place as scheduled in January. Allawi meets with President Bush at the White House Thursday.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is in danger of losing his job as his Labour Party begins its conference in Brighton, England. Blair has been pressured to step aside over his controversial Iraq policy. Hear NPR's Anthony Kuhn and NPR's Liane Hansen.

U.S. officials closely monitor what they call worrisome new data on North Korea's nuclear activities after a large unexplained explosion was reported over North Korea Thursday. Experts seek to determine whether North Korea is preparing to test a nuclear weapon. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Retired general Wesley Clark campaigns in Tennessee ahead of Tuesday's primary, looking for a critical second win in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clark draws distinctions between himself and senators John Edwards and John Kerry, saying his tax plan offers middle-class families more benefit than those of his rivals. Hear NPR's Greg Allen.

The White House is expected to release new information Tuesday about President Bush's military service, including attendance records and other documents related to his time in the Air National Guard. Democrats have recently revived charges that Bush failed to fulfill his duties in the Guard during the Vietnam War. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and Boston Globe reporter Walter Robinson.