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A look at the records of the two conservative judges -- Priscilla Owen and Janice Rogers Brown -- whose re-nominations may trigger a Senate showdown over judicial filibusters.

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Daniel Craig Becomes Bond Number 6

In the eight years since the Dayton peace agreement put an end to a three-sided war in Bosnia, the country has become a kind of laboratory for nation building. But in the city of Mostar, ethnic division, intolerance and tribal politics prevail. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

President Bush meets with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House. Iraq and the upcoming G-8 summit that takes place next month in Scotland are topics of discussion.

Recent comments by two Roman Catholic cardinals have some scientists wondering if the church is changing its position on evolution. For more than half a century, the Vatican has said evolution is compatible with Catholic theology. But now what was thought to be settled doctrine doesn't seem so settled.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with President Bush at the White House in a bid to bolster relations with the United States and advance the peace process with Israel. Abbas came away from the meeting with a U.S. pledge of $50 million in aid for the Palestinian Authority.

The House of Representatives is reviewing legislation that would require the United States to take a stronger role in preventing genocide in Sudan's Darfur region. The act includes measures such as freezing of assets and sanctions against those who have committed atrocities. Roberta Cohen of the Brookings Institution explains the obstacles to ending the violence.

In September 2004, Chechen militants took more than 1,200 hostages in a school in Beslan, Russia. After nearly three days, explosions and gunfire ripped through the school, leaving more than 300 hostages dead. Two years later, questions remain about what happened and why.

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