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President Bush says the administration will file a brief supporting white students who sued the University of Michigan's law school. The Supreme Court is hearing the students' challenge to an affirmative action policy that gives minority students an advantage in applying for admission. Hear NPR's Michele Norris, NPR's Don Gonyea and NPR's Mara Liasson.

Space shuttle Columbia breaks into pieces over Texas, killing all seven crew members aboard. President Bush tells the nation the work of the space program will go on. NASA engineers begin the grim task of determining what went wrong. NPR News reports.

The space shuttle Columbia shatters minutes before a planned landing in Florida Saturday morning. President Bush tells the nation: "Columbia is lost. There are no survivors." Listen to NPR News.

President Bush proposes the "Terrorist Threat Integration Center," a new surveillance initiative aimed at improving coordination among the FBI, the CIA and other federal intelligence agencies. But some analysts say it won't overcome decades-old rivalries between U.S. spy agencies. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

The U.N. special envoy for AIDS in Africa praises President Bush's pledge to combat global AIDS. Half of the $15 billion program would be spent on treatment, a third on prevention and the rest on care. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Rachel Swarns of The New York Times.

A U.S. Army helicopter with several Americans aboard crashes near the Bagram air base in Afghanistan, and some casualties are reported, a senior American official says. Meanwhile, the Pentagon for the first time discloses that some U.S. military forces are on the ground in Northern Iraq. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

President Bush says he'll give diplomats "weeks, not months" to find a solution to the Iraq crisis. But he also says he would welcome exile for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as an alternative to war. Meanwhile, eight European states show support for U.S. policy regarding Iraq in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece. Hear NPR's Michele Kelemen and NPR's Sylvia Poggioli.

The United States continues to position its forces in the Persian Gulf region in preparation for a possible attack on Iraq. Meanwhile, President Bush meets with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, his strongest ally on the issue. NPR's Tom Gjelten and NPR's Guy Raz report.

An Afghan police official says 18 bus passengers died when a bomb exploded on a bridge near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. A nearby Afghan army post may have been the intended target, officials say. NPR News reports.

The head of the U.S. Pacific fleet is requesting that reinforcements be sent to assist U.S. forces on the Korean peninsula. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.