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One Marine dies and 20 more are wounded in battles on the streets of Baghdad. And more Marines are injured in a suicide bombing. Meanwhile, crowds roam the streets, some looting government offices, others cheering on U.S. troops. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

Sporadic battles continue in northern Iraq. In the Kurdish-controlled town of Sulamaniyah, many fighters loyal to Saddam Hussein move though the area disguised as civilians. NPR's Juan Williams talks to Michael Ware of Time magazine.

Thousands of Shia Muslims throng the streets of Basra to welcome back their exiled leader. Ayatollah Mohammad baqir Hakim had spent the last 23 years in Iran. U.S. officials, intent on a secular government for Iraq, are wary of Baqir's influence. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

The U.S. military searches near Karbala for the pilot of a jet fighter shot down by an Iraqi surface-to-air missile. And the Pentagon is probing conflicting reports on the fate of a downed Black Hawk helicopter crew. Hear NPR's Nick Spicer.

British forces stage their largest raid into Basra, moving into the southern Iraqi city with dozens of armored personnel carriers and setting up checkpoints. Officials say the move, which faced sporadic resistance, puts to an end a week of defense-testing forays from the outskirts of the city. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

With the fall of Tikrit, the Pentagon declares an end to major fighting in Iraq and begins withdrawing troops, warships and aircraft from the Gulf region. Maj. Gen. Stanley McChrystal says he anticipates the military will "move into a phase where it is smaller, albeit sharp fights." Hear NPR's Nick Spicer and Michael Ware of Time magazine.

Human rights groups are assisting U.S. forces gathering files, testimony, and physical evidence that could be used to bring crimes against humanity charges against senior officials of Saddam Hussein's regime. NPR's Chris Joyce reports.

Across the country, communities mark the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with candles, silence, church bells and vigils. In New York City, 200 readers, mostly children, recite the names of the 2,792 people who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center. Hear NPR's Nancy Solomon.

Voters in New Hampshire and Iowa will send a crowded Democratic field of presidential candidates a message early in 2004. And now they have a tenth candidate to consider: Retired Gen. Wesley Clark. Hear reports from NPR's Linda Wertheimer in New Hampshire and Joyce Russell in Iowa.

Three American soldiers die and two others are wounded in an ambush near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. Meanwhile, U.S. officials appear on Iraqi television asking Saddam's former defense minister, Sultan Hashim Ahmed, to surrender. Hear NPR's Emily Harris.