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Spain's new leader reiterates his pledge to withdraw troops from Iraq, saying Tomahawk missiles and bombs are not the way to defeat terrorism. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose Socialist Party defeated Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's ruling Popular Party in Sunday's elections, repeated his claim that the occupation of Iraq is a fiasco. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

States that are often ignored in the process of choosing a presidential candidate rise to the fore in Democrats' efforts to secure their party's nomination. NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with Mike Jacobs, editor of The Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota; Steve Kraske of The Kansas City Star in Missouri; and Kate Nelson, managing editor of The Albuquerque Tribune in New Mexico.

Mortar shells blamed on guerrilla forces hit several buildings in Central Baghdad Thursday, and a hotel housing Western contractors and reporters came under attack. A day earlier, four U.S. soldiers died in roadside bombings. Although insurgent violence has slowed in recent weeks, U.S. military officials were prepared for more violence around Christmas. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and NPR's Julie McCarthy.

Japan's cabinet votes to send up to 600 non-combat troops to Iraq to aid in the country's reconstruction. The move is unpopular among Japanese citizens, the majority of whom were against the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Hear NPR's Rob Gifford.

Two American soldiers are killed in Fallujah by a roadside bomb, and U.S. forces strike Tikrit with bombs and mortars, a day after the shoot-down of a Black Hawk helicopter claims the lives of six U.S. troops. Meanwhile, the Oct. 27 attack on a Red Cross center prompts the relief agency to close offices in Baghdad and Basra. Hear an NPR News report.

Turkey's cabinet approves a plan to send peacekeeping troops to Iraq. The Turkish parliament must first approve the move. Some 70 percent of the country opposes the measure. Turkey would be the first Muslim nation to provide troops to the U.S.-led operation in Iraq. NPR's Ivan Watson joins host Bob Edwards to discuss the plan.

In the second in a three-part series of how Iraq's diverse ethnic and religious groups are coping with the post-Saddam era, NPR's Nick Spicer looks at the Shia in the south of Iraq.

U.S. and British warplanes continue to strike government buildings inside Baghdad and key defenses on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital. Despite the almost constant bombardment, reporters inside the city say life there seems remarkably close to normal. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

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A new poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press suggests a significant negative shift in perceptions of the United States among people in 44 nations, including many in the Muslim world. But as NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports, the poll also exposes many contradictions. Much of the world, for example, believes that Iraq is a threat to Mideast stability -- but are suspicious of American motives. Read the results of the entire poll.