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Three years after the invasion of Iraq, one of its largest cities is beset by disappointment and fear. Residents of Basra say they feel forgotten by their own political leaders and embittered by unkept promises of the U.S. and British forces that ousted Saddam Hussein.

Sgt. Michael J. Smith is found guilty on six of 13 counts of abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Smith was the dog-handler in a photo of a black dog lunging for an orange-clad prisoner. Palm Beach Post reporter Susan Spencer Wendel talks with Melissa Block about the guilty verdict.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has released a report that lays out a plan to rebuild the city. The report and plan were produced by a special local commission made up of business, religious and civic leaders. The group looked at how best to redesign city government, restore public services and revitalize the region's economy.

President Bush said Tuesday there will be "more tough fighting ahead" in Iraq, but denied claims that the nation is in the grips of a civil war three years after the U.S.-led invasion.

This weekend marks the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. We hear moments from the beginning of the war: from March 17, 2003 when President Bush gave a Saddam Hussein a 48-hour deadline to leave Iraq, through the first days of the conflict.

A federal appeals court rules that the Environmental Protection Agency acted illegally when it issued new air-pollution rules for power plants and factories. The three-judge panel says the rules allowing plants to modernize without installing pollution-control equipment violated the Clean Air Act.

Italian Reforms Minister Roberto Calderoli resigns after violent protests in Libya over a T-shirt Calderoli wore that displayed a caricature of the prophet Muhammad. Libyan police opened fire Friday night on a crowd of young Muslim men storming the Italian consulate in Benghazi.

An American general in Baghdad says insurgency assaults against Iraqi troops and civilians are on the rise. Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch says attacks have increased on a daily and weekly basis. Military officials say the spike in attacks is an effort to derail the new Iraqi government.

Japan's Shizuka Arakawa has won the women's figure skating gold medal at the Turin Olympics. It's Japan's first medal of these games. Sasha Cohen of the United States took the silver medal and Russian World Champion Irina Slutskaya earned bronze.

Two days after declaring a state of emergency in the Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo continues her clampdown on the political opposition and government critics. The turmoil came the week Filipinos were remembering the ouster of President Ferdinand Marcos 20 years ago.