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Wangari Maathai, a little-known environmental activist from Kenya, was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. It was a surprise, but Maathai says the Nobel committee was able to see the connection between her work with the Green Belt Movement and the pursuit of peace. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

A group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claims responsibility for killing 49 soldiers from the new Iraqi Army. The men, unarmed as they traveled home after training, were shot in a mass execution near the Iranian border. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and NPR's Emily Harris.

At Friday night's presidential debate in St. Louis, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry took questions from voters in a town-hall format. It was the second of three presidential debates. Topics included Iraq, education, health care and the economy. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

The Bush campaign is elated about the president's performance at Friday's town-hall meeting with Sen. John Kerry. But Kerry campaign aides are also pleased -- especially with post-debate poll results. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden, NPR's Don Gonyea and NPR's Scott Horsley.

Two bombs in Baghdad kill 18 Iraqis and a U.S. soldier, just hours before the arrival of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld met with Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and U.S. officials in Baghdad. Hear NPR's Ben Gilbert.

In an accord with Europeans, Iran agrees to stop enriching uranium. Matthew Bunn, an arms control expert at Harvard, says the threat of sanctions along with a security and economic package are good incentives to help convince Iran to stop pursuing its nuclear weapons program. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and Bunn.

Some 6,000 pages of documents released under the Freedom of Information Act provide new details about the mistreatment of detainees by U.S. soldiers and intelligence personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Jackie Northam.

With just eight days left in the presidential campaign, President George Bush and Sen. John Kerry begin their last frantic week of campaigning. Addressing voters in Florida, Kerry speaks openly about his religious faith, a subject the president has long spoken about. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson.

As U.S. forces seek out the last remaining pockets of resistance in Fallujah, insurgents in Mosul, Baqouba and other Sunni Muslim towns and cities are back on the offensive. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves.

President Bush outlines his plans for the next four years Thursday, pledging to fight the war on terror as well as reform the tax code and make fundamental changes in social security. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.