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Under an emerging plan to end the siege of Fallujah, U.S. Marines pull back from some positions, to be replaced by a newly formed Iraqi security force commanded by one of Saddam Hussein's former generals. Fighting continues in parts of Fallujah, and two Marines were killed in a bombing outside the town. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

Final results from Friday's disputed parliamentary elections in Iran are not expected for several days. A boycott urged by reformists after 2,500 reform candidates were disqualified may result in a lower turnout than a 67 percent showing four years ago, when reformists swept into power. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

The commission probing the Sept. 11 attacks hears from both Bush and Clinton administration officials Tuesday. The panel wants to know what was done in response to previous attacks and how to deal with the growing terrorist threat. The hearings come as a former White House official alleges the Bush administration ignored warnings about al Qaeda. Hear NPR's Pam Fessler.

Suicide bombings and mortar attacks in Iraq leave more than 140 people dead and hundreds wounded in Baghdad and the holy city of Karbala. The nearly simultaneous attacks targeted Shiite shrines, where more than 2 million Shiite Muslims -- many of them pilgrims -- had come to observe the holy day of Ashoura. NPR's Ivan Watson reports; hear NPR's Robert Siegel and professor Juan Cole.

Reports of detainee abuses in Iraq have focused on Abu Ghraib prison, west of Baghdad. But now, a Canadian civilian has filed a lawsuit claiming he was tortured by U.S. troops at the Camp Bucca detention center in southern Iraq, and witnessed the abuse of other prisoners. Camp Bucca officials deny abuses ever took place. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

It's been 10 years since South Africa held all-race elections and ended apartheid. The country has been been more successful than other African nations in its transition to democratic rule. Its stability is due in large part to Nelson Mandela, the man who ended apartheid and became the nation's first post-apartheid president. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

A Chicago jury convicts white supremacist Matthew Hale for soliciting the murder of a federal judge, ending three days of deliberations. Hale, who several years ago called for a "racial holy war," had conspired to have a U.S. district judge killed after she ordered him to stop using the trademarked name World Church of the Creator. Chicago Public Radio's Melba Lara reports.

Former FBI head Louis Freeh and Attorney General John Ashcroft were among the law enforcement officials who testified before the panel investigating U.S. attempts to prevent terrorism Tuesday. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and NPR's Larry Abramson; NPR's Melissa Block, former deputy U.S. Attorney General Philip Heymann and former FBI official Harry "Skip" Brandon.

Former FBI director Louis Freeh is among the law enforcement officials from the Bush and Clinton administrations set to testify before the Sept. 11 commission this week. Many security analysts have said the FBI was focused solely on investigating past crimes instead of prevention. Hear NPR's Larry Abramson, NPR's Robert Siegel and Chitra Ragavan of U.S. News and World Report.

Negotiations to ease the crisis in Fallujah produce a ceasefire that provides amnesty for insurgents who disarm and refrain from future attacks, but U.S. forces remain poised to strike the Iraqi city if the pact fails. Officials from Fallujah, U.S. authorities and the Iraqi Governing Council met over the past three days in an effort to end the standoff. NPR's Emily Harris reports.