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NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe briefs a congressional committee on options for the International Space Station while the space shuttle fleet is grounded. NASA's options, he says, are limited. Meanwhile, the probe into Columbia's demise continues. Hear reports from NPR's Joe Palca and NPR's Richard Harris.

NASA engineers speak out about a much-discussed e-mail exchange that seemed to anticipate the space shuttle Columbia catastrophe. They tell reporters their comments were seen by the right people and were accorded the weight they deserved. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Secretary of State Colin Powell says the U.S-led "coalition of the willing" to oust Saddam Hussein has the support of at least 45 nations. But he says a third of them "do not yet wish to be publicly named." NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

The British command in Iraq launches an investigation into an attack that left six British solders dead, and a separate incident that wounded eight. British Defense Minister Geoffrey Hoon says a review of security arrangements in Iraqi is underway, and that Britain may consider deploying more troops to the country. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.

U.S. forces in Ramadi, Iraq, raid the houses of suspected guerillas, arresting several men and confiscating weapons as part of a campaign to stamp out growing Iraqi resistance to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.

CIA officials say a tape of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein that surfaced last week is probably authentic, but add that the exact date of the recording can't be determined. Pentagon officials say the tape is unhelpful because it helps fuel hopes among Saddam loyalists in Iraq that the deposed leader is still alive. Hear NPR News.

Authorities search train wreckage in Mumbai for clues in a series of bombings Tuesday that killed more than 180, injuring 700. Suspicion quickly fell on Kashmiri militants, although one group has already denied responsibility.

Japan's prime minister says Tokyo would respond harshly if North Korea tests a long-range missile. U.S. officials have said North Korea appears to have completed fuelling for a test of a long-range ballistic missile that could possibly reach Alaska. Steve Inskeep talks to reporter Lucy Craft in Tokyo about the situation.

Germans face weeks of political wrangling after Sunday's inconclusive parliamentary election. Neither the Christian Democrats, led by Angela Merkel, nor the Social Democrats, headed by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, scored a clear victory in the balloting.

The Senate reaches a temporary agreement on its position on the rights of detainees in the war on terror. The Senate decides to retain the military tribunal system for handling the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- but does rights of appeal to the federal courts.