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Among 12,000 fragments of space shuttle Columbia located so far, NASA has what may be its first significant discovery: a portion of the spacecraft's wing. But NASA is cautious about what Friday's find means for efforts to reconstruct the disaster. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Many Pakistani men are trying to leave the United States for Canada to avoid a Feb. 21 deadline to register with the American INS. Some with legal papers say they fear being wrongly detained. But Canada is refusing entry to many. Hear North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann and NPR's Jacki Lyden.

The U.N.'s chief weapons inspectors begin a new round of talks in Iraq, while President Bush reasserts that with or without U.N. support, the U.S. will "take whatever action is necessary" to "disarm the Iraqi regime." U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urges no "unilateral action" on Iraq. NPR's Anne Garrells reports.

A car bombing at a nightclub in Bogota, Colombia, kills at least 30 people and injures more than 150. Authorities blame the leftist insurgent group known as the FARC, but there are doubts in some circles. Security at the club was tight and the attack was sophisticated. Hear NPR's Martin Kaste and NPR's Jacki Lyden.

Much of the debris from the space shuttle Columbia fell in and around Nacogdoches, Texas, a city of 30,000 people. City and county employees have worked around the clock to assist the investigation by marking debris. Janet Heimlich reports.

A panel of former NASA engineers and military officials prepares to take over the Columbia investigation. More than a week after the space shuttle broke apart upon re-entry, NASA says it has no clear answers. NPR's Eric Niiler reports.

The death of director of photography Halyna Hutchins on a film set in Santa Fe, N.M., is a reminder that prop weapons can pose a serious risk. But Hollywood history includes only a few such incidents.

At a security conference in Munich, Germany, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld argues that the world must prepare for military action against Saddam Hussein. But he fails to convince France and Germany. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten, Robert Kagan of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Charles Kupchan of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon holds secret talks with senior Palestinian officials -- the first high-level talks in nearly a year. Meanwhile, a group of Jewish and Arab-Israeli doctors collaborate to bring medical care to isolated West Bank villages. NPR's Linda Gradstein and NPR's Peter Kenyon report.

NASA officials expand the search for debris from the space shuttle Columbia in an effort to learn more about what caused the vehicle to break apart upon re-entry Feb. 1. At a memorial service in Houston, President Bush pays tribute to the seven astronauts who died. Hear NPR's Joe Palca and NPR's Wade Goodwyn.