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A roadside bomb explodes near a U.S. military convoy north of Baghdad, killing an American soldier and his Iraqi interpreter. U.S. military commanders predict Iraqi resistance fighters will step up their attacks in the coming weeks. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

China suspends international adoptions indefinitely on fears that prospective parents arriving from abroad may spread SARS. The news comes as Chinese health officials release a report explaining how a faulty drainage system helped spark a massive SARS outbreak in a Hong Kong apartment complex. Hear NPR's Brian Naylor and NPR's Joe Palca.

Democrats accuse the Bush administration of hiding the scope of a post-war Iraq oil contract awarded to a subsidiary of the Halliburton Corp., formerly run by Vice President Dick Cheney. But the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the "operation of facilities and distribution of products" does not represent an expansion of Halliburton's role. Hear NPR's John Ydstie.

As U.S.-led forces continue their search for biological and chemical weapons in Iraq, Congress and the British Parliament consider launching investigations into whether intelligence findings about possible illegal weapons in Iraq were exaggerated to justify going to war. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten.

In Baghdad, delegates at a U.S.-led meeting of Iraqi groups agree to meet within a month to select members of an interim government. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States plans to reduce its military presence in the Persian Gulf region and is considering relocating a combat air command center from Saudi Arabia to Qatar. Hear NPR News.

Chinese health officials report seven more deaths from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, raising China's SARS-related deaths to 122. In Beijing, a second hospital is sealed off and 4,000 residents are under quarantine. Disease experts urge people to heed travel advisories. Hear NPR's Rob Gifford and NPR's Linda Wertheimer.

New Hampshire's famous landmark, the Old Man of the Mountain, collapses in a landslide. The series of granite ledges resembled a human face in profile. The image was used on state road signs and even the back of the New Hampshire quarter. Hear NPR's Lynn Neary and museum volunteer Cathy Nelson.

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visits Baghdad to assess the security situation there as the U.S. seeks to enlist more U.N. help in postwar Iraq. Rumsfeld says 10,000 to 15,000 more soldiers are needed, but he doesn't want to use American troops. Allies want the United States to cede more administrative control of the nation to U.N. authorities. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

President Bush will soon send Congress a request for $87 billion to fund reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some Capitol Hill lawmakers pledge to approve Bush's request quickly, calling it essential for troops on the ground. But others say the request prompts new questions about the direction of the U.S. mission in Iraq. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

A car bomb that tore apart Iraq's holiest Shiite Muslim mosque Friday killed at least 100 people, authorities say. Among them was Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim, a prominent Shiite cleric. Six suspects are being questioned, but their identities and allegiances are unclear. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's Emily Harris.