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With a U.S. invasion of Iraq looming, archaeologists and art historians are growing increasingly concerned over what will become of ancient monuments and artifacts in the "cradle of civilization" when bombs begin falling. They're also worried about looting of ancient artifacts after a war ends, NPR's Jason DeRose reports.

Twenty-one people accused of involvement in the Madrid train bombings in 2004 were found guilty by a Spanish court on Wednesday. The al-Qaida inspired bombings killed 191 people and injured 1,700 on crowded commuter trains.

Archaeologists are on a mission to unearth the history of the Olympic Games in Nemea, Greece. The project looks back some 2,700 years, when athletes competed much like they do today -- only in the nude, and barefoot. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports for the NPR/National Geographic co-production Radio Expeditions.

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad considers the Iraqi government's demand that Blackwater USA be expelled from the country within six months. Iraqi investigators say Blackwater opened fire without provocation in a Baghdad square, killing 17 Iraqi civilians. The FBI has launched its own investigation.

State legislators in Michigan are scrambling to eliminate a budget deficit to avoid a shutdown of much of the state's government on Monday. Lawmakers have been meeting throughout the weekend.

Much of the reporting coming out of Myanmar is accomplished by people who risk their lives to send information to Burmese pro-democracy advocates in exile. Aye Chan Naing, executive director of the Democratic Voice of Burma, talks about the dangers of reporting from the country formerly known as Burma.

Larry Craig says that if he can clear his name before his self-imposed Sept. 30 resignation date, he'll stay in the Senate. But his refusal to go away quietly has dismayed his GOP colleagues and angered some former supporters.

In a speech Wednesday to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, President Bush drew a comparison between the wars in Iraq and Vietnam. Retired Maj. Gen. Mike Davidson and historian Victor Davis Hanson discuss the lessons of Vietnam and its parallels to the war in Iraq.

Congress finally recessed for the summer, after an extraordinary amount of time and effort. President Bush got his way on wiretapping, but Democrats pushed through their bills on energy, ethics and health insurance for children of the working poor.