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President Bush releases his plan to overhaul the Medicare system. The proposal includes prescription drug coverage for seniors who change to a privatized health plan, but some lawmakers say seniors who want to keep traditional Medicare should get more drug coverage than what the plan offers. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Charis Conn, senior editor at Harper's Magazine about the history of the Harper's Index. Today marks its 19th anniversary.

Iraq invites South African weapons experts to Baghdad for talks on disarmament. South Africa began a nuclear program in the 1970s as a deterrent to neighbors opposed to apartheid, but dismantled it in the 1980s. NPR's Renee Montagne talks to Mitchell Reiss of the College of William and Mary.

In the first of a series on Europe's growing Muslim population, NPR's Sylvia Poggioli begins in Morocco. Would-be immigrants describe their hopes and dreams for a new life in Europe. Across the Straits of Gibraltar in Spain, the historical memory of Moorish rule continues to influence European culture and contemporary Christian-Muslim relations.

Europe's Muslim population has doubled in the last decade, and an estimated 500,000 new immigrants -- most of them from Muslim nations -- arrive every year. In the third of a five-part series, NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on a restive new generation of French-Muslim youths in the "high rise hells" outside Paris. See photos and learn more about each report in the series.

Addressing members of a Washington think tank, President Bush outlines his vision for Iraq after Saddam Hussein's removal, and predicts that liberating Iraq could help create peace between Israelis and Palestinians. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

A group charged with rebuilding lower Manhattan today chose Berlin-based architect Daniel Libeskind's multi-structure design for the former World Trade Center site. Andrea Bernstein reports that the selection probably won't end the controversy of how to best honor the victims of Sept. 11. Also, NPR's Melissa Block talks with an architecture expert on the merits -- and downfalls -- of the design. See a photo of the winning plan.

As the U.N. Security Council debates Iraq, Britain proposes to give Saddam Hussein 10 more days to disarm — or face war. France quickly rejects the deadline, while Russia leans toward the French anti-war position. Hear NPR's Vicky O'Hara, NPR's Lawrence Sheets and Britain's U.N. Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock.

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe faces tough questions on Capitol Hill during a hearing on the space agency's 2004 budget. Members of the House Science Committee also press O'Keefe for safety assurances following the loss earlier this month of the space shuttle Columbia. NPR's Eric Niiler reports.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews A Ship Made of Paper, the new novel by Scott Spencer (Ecco).