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More than 1,500 Turkish troops cross the border into Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, a move the United States strongly opposes. Turkey says it needs a military presence in the area to secure its borders and prevent the formation of an independent Kurdish state. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters march in London, many calling for British Prime Minister Tony Blair to resign. The demonstration is smaller than marches held before hostilities began, but it's considered the largest war-time peace rally in Britain's history. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

A federal appeals court upholds the government's national "do not call" registry banning telemarketing calls to some 57 million phone numbers. The court decision rejects arguments from telemarketing companies that the list violates free-speech rights. Hear NPR's Chris Arnold.

Iranian officials say misunderstandings about the scope of the investigation performed by the International Atomic Energy Agency have led inspectors to discover elements of Iran's nuclear technology program that it had failed to declare openly. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

As Democrats narrow the field of presidential candidates, the debate over the economic policies of the Bush White House begin to take shape. NPR's Michele Kelemen gets a preview of some of the points of contention from Robert Reischauer, president of the Urban Institute and former director of the Congressional Budget Office, and Stephen Moore, president of the Club for Growth and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.

U.S.-led forces attack Baghdad's international airport as American troops move within 10 miles of the Iraqi capital. Meanwhile, the city plunges into darkness in the first widespread power outage since the war began. Hear NPR's Nick Spicer.

U.S. Military officials say they don't know yet if Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was killed in an airstrike on Monday. U.S. fighter jets dropped bombs on a Baghdad building after intelligence sources said Saddam was inside. NPR's John Burnett, with the 1st Marine Division in eastern Baghdad, reports.

U.S. special forces troops and Kurdish fighters enter Mosul after the Iraqi army abandons the northern city. Widespread looting and celebrations are now under way. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

The World Health Organization says it's developing a $100-million fund to combat SARS in China. The money would go to disease-control measures and research into the origins of SARS. WHO officials say the fund does not represent dissatisfaction with China's response to the disease. Hear NPR News.

Iraqi doctors say 13 Iraqis are killed and dozens wounded by U.S. forces west of Baghdad at Fallujah. Members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division say they opened fire after coming under attack by armed men in a crowd of demonstrators. NPR's Guy Raz reports.