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Saddam Hussein asks Iraqi citizens to support U.S arms inspections as a way to prove that Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction. The country has until this weekend to declare its weapons inventory. The government insists it does not have the weapons the United States alleges it has. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

Cardinal Bernard Law's resignation as Archbishop of Boston has symbolic value, but the archdiocese remains in crisis, stained by a sex-abuse scandal and beset by financial problems. Hear from NPR's Duncan Moon, NPR's John Ydstie and Rev. Robert Bullock, chairman of the Boston Priest Forum.

Roh Moo-hyun, a former labor and human rights lawyer, wins South Korea's presidential election. Opponent Lee Hoi-chang has conceded defeat. Roh, 56, supports engagement with North Korea, and has questioned the presence of U.S. troops in South Korea. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

Weapons inspectors will brief the U.N. Security Council on their assessment of Iraq's weapons declaration. United States and British officials have said the documents represent less than a full and accurate accounting of Iraq's weapons program. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Searchers near the Texas-Louisiana border continue their search for debris in an effort to determine what caused the space shuttle Columbia to break apart upon re-entry Feb. 1. In Austin, Texas, officials rely on the latest technologies to aid in the investigation. Hear NPR's Joe Palca and NPR's John Nielsen.

A panel of former NASA engineers and military officials prepares to take over the Columbia investigation. More than a week after the space shuttle broke apart upon re-entry, NASA says it has no clear answers. NPR's Eric Niiler reports.

An independent panel headed by retired Navy Adm. Harold Gehman takes over the Columbia investigation. Meanwhile, a joint House-Senate hearing launches a congressional investigation into why the space shuttle broke apart upon re-entry Feb. 1. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

Israeli police say a pair of explosions in downtown Tel Aviv killed more than 20 people. Authorities say two suicide bombers exploded devices simultaneously at the city's former bus station. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR's Linda Gradstein.

South Korea is sending two envoys to Washington as part of its effort to find a diplomatic solution to the nuclear standoff between the United States and North Korea. Meanwhile, South Korea's deputy foreign minister is seeking help from Moscow. Hear NPR's Lawrence Sheets.

The Bush administration proposes altering the way the nation's forests are managed. The plan would allow individual forest managers to approve logging and commercial activities on federal land, with less review of potential environmental damages. Hear NPR's Elizabeth Arnold.