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Insurgent violence in Iraq has escalated again, with more than 100 deaths last week -- most recently, a pair of bombings in Iraq that killed at least 20 people. Also, Iraqi officials reportedly move closer to forming a government. The BBC's Baghdad bureau chief Carolina Hawley details the latest attacks and political developments.

A new advocacy group has bought a full-page ad in Monday's editions of USA Today, criticizing America's largest retailer for destroying American jobs by purchasing most of its products from China. A watch group called Wal-Mart Watch launched the operation.

Iraqi insurgents stir deadly trouble for a third straight day. At least two bombs exploded in Baghdad Friday, killing at least one person. Twin car bombs killed 18 people Thursday, following less damaging blasts on Wednesday. New York Times reporter Robert Worth details the latest developments.

After confirming plea deals in Georgia and Alabama Wednesday, confessed bomber Eric Rudolph will serve life in prison. Afterward, he said his 1996 attack at the Atlanta Olympics was meant to embarrass the federal government. In reference to a fatal 1998 bombing at an Alabama women's clinic, he said "abortion is murder."

U.S. troops test materials believed to be chemical agents found inside 55-gallon drums near Basra. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says first reports of chemical weapons often are incorrect. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Washington Post reporter Rick Atkinson, traveling with the unit that found the material.

All Things Considered guest host John Ydstie talks to NPR's Anne Garrels about the situation inside Baghdad, where electricity and phone service are cut off. Garrels reports that her movements are very limited because of a curfew, but she can hear explosions, shelling and missiles in the western part of the city, closest to Baghdad Airport.

The nightmare of urban warfare comes true as U.S. forces battle pockets of resistance in Baghdad. An American armored column invades a presidential palace, daylight hours are filled with sounds of bombs, artillery and automatic gunfire which quiet toward night. Electricity and phones are out. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

Baghdad looters continue to comb through official buildings and empty a museum of priceless antiquities. U.S. forces decline to adopt much of a security role, but may begin to patrol with Iraqis who are demanding order be restored. In some neighborhoods, people take the law into their own hands. Hear NPR's John Ydstie and NPR's Anne Garrels.

In Baghdad, security forces desert the streets, replaced by looters, and government officials have disappeared. Hundreds of Iraqi civilians take to the streets, cheering U.S. soldiers and ripping up posters of Saddam Hussein. And with the help of a U.S. Marine vehicle, a crowd of Iraqi citizens topples a giant statue of the Iraqi leader. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

U.S. humanitarian groups seeking to send food, water and medicine to Iraq step up fundraising campaigns after finding mixed results in gathering donations so far. Aid groups say clean water is the priority -- and they're encouraged by a relatively low number of refugees. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports.