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The U.S. military arrested Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Bilal Hussein on April 12, 2006. For the past year and a half, he has been imprisoned without any formal charges. This week, the military announced plans to submit a complaint against Hussein through the Iraqi justice system.

Listen to the best musical interludes heard throughout the week on These Days. This week's picks include tracks from Spanky Wilson and The Quantic Soul Orchestra, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Oliver

Ashley Gilbertson says that documenting life in Iraq inverted his perceptions of war and the role of the photographer. He discusses his book, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, and the experiences that still haunt him.

Six people associated with a French charity have been charged with kidnapping after attempting to take 103 African children out of Chad and place them with families in Europe, authorities said Tuesday.

Just because an animal is dead and gone, doesn't mean its genes are lost forever. Scientist are reporting that they have been able to sequence the DNA of a wooly mammoth that died nearly 50,000 years ago. They got the DNA from a sample of the animal's hair.

Residents of southern Arizona oppose a Border Patrol plan to build a permanent vehicle checkpoint on Interstate 19, about 30 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. They say the checkpoint disrupts business and sends illegal immigrants into their communities.

Hurricane Dean weakens after slamming into the Mexican coast as a Category 5 storm. The eye of the storm made landfall near Majahual, a popular port with cruise liners located about 40 miles east-northeast of Chetumal and the Belize border, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

The monument that is synonymous with the city of Rio de Janeiro is vying to be chosen one of the new Wonders of the World in a Web contest. The city's towering Christ the Redeemer statue is competing with the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower and Machu Picchu for the honor.

After a messy divorce and a four year bout of depression, author Elizabeth Gilbert set out on a healing journey to Italy, India and Indonesia. She joins us to talk about how her travels altered the co

Two cases of human infection of bird flu have been reported in Vietnam. There had been no fresh reports of the illness since 2005, but in the last month 16 provinces have reported outbreaks among poultry. Vietnam has a rather sophisticated early warning and response program for bird flu outbreaks, but some are concerned that complacency is setting in.