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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon holds secret talks with senior Palestinian officials -- the first high-level talks in nearly a year. Meanwhile, a group of Jewish and Arab-Israeli doctors collaborate to bring medical care to isolated West Bank villages. NPR's Linda Gradstein and NPR's Peter Kenyon report.

Members of the U.N. Security Council consider U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's report detailing evidence against Iraq. In Brussels, Belgium, NATO ambassadors will meet to discuss the U.S. case for military action against Iraq. Hear NPR's Vicky O'Hara and Guy Raz.

Foreign ministers from Turkey and five Middle Eastern states ponder ways to avert war in Iraq. And British Prime Minister Tony Blair's close alignment with the White House on Iraq has analysts saying Blair risks damaging Britain's relations with Europe. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson and NPR's Guy Raz.

As the White House awaits Monday's report on U.N. weapons inspectors' progress in Iraq, President Bush finalizes his State of the Union address. Bush is expected to address the possibility of war with Iraq in his Tuesday speech. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea and Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI).

President Bush uses his State of the Union address to build a case for war with Iraq, but also outlines an ambitious domestic agenda for Congress, including health care reform and economic revival. He says Secretary of State Colin Powell will go to the U.N. Security Council on Feb. 5 to emphasize "the facts of Iraq's ongoing defiance of the world." NPR's Nancy Marshall reports.

President Bush promises $15 billion over the next 10 years to fight AIDS in Africa. His critics are stunned, yet impressed by the attention he gives the disease in his State of the Union speech. But many critics are skeptical, saying they've heard promises before. NPR's Brenda Wilson reports.

A Clonaid official backpedals on providing evidence of the company's claim that a cloned infant has been born. Clonaid's CEO says the mother of the child born Dec. 26 is wavering on providing a DNA sample key to establishing genetic proof. Scientists remain skeptical of Clonaid's claim. Hear from NPR's Joe Palca and James Randi, who is devoted to debunking pseudoscientific claims.

General Electric workers are upset over increases in their portion of health-care premiums. The strikers hope their actions send a message to GE management on what's important when negotiations for a new contract begin in May. Rachel Gotbaum of member station WBUR reports.

An explosion and subsequent fire demolish a medical plastics factory in Kinston, N.C. The Associated Press reports that at least two people died and about 40 were injured. Three others were feared missing in the burning ruins. Rusty Jacobs of member station WUNC reports.

The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the death penalty for juveniles. The court's decision, on a 5-to-4 vote, forbids the execution of killers who were under 18 when they committed their crimes. The ruling means that more than 70 death-row inmates will not be executed in different states.