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A U.N. team arrives in Baghdad to begin planning for national elections. U.N. experts will make recommendations on who gets to vote and how -- questions of increasing importance as Iraqi officials near the June 30 deadline for the return of sovereignty. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep.

In cities around the world -- including 250 in the United States -- demonstrators turn out to protest the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Many urge American leaders to end the occupation that began with a military invasion one year ago and bring U.S. troops home. Hear NPR News reports.

Former counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke's assertions that the Bush administration downplayed the threat presented by al Qaeda before Sept. 11, 2001, spark debate over national security. Critics of Clarke, who testified this week before the Sept. 11 panel in Washington, say he is merely promoting his book, Against All Enemies. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and Dana Milbank of The Washington Post.

Insurgents in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, kill four U.S. contractors traveling in two SUVs. A rowdy crowd at the scene then dragged the bodies through the streets. Nearby, five U.S. soldiers were killed in a separate bombing attack. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.

On an investor call, Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz said the company was investing $1 billion to raise wages, enhance benefits and modernize stores. But unionized stores won't get some of that.

Three U.S. soldiers are wounded in a roadside bombing just outside of Fallujah, west of the Baghdad. The attack comes as U.S. civilian and military officials in Baghdad condemn the events of Wednesday, when the bodies of four U.S. civilians killed by insurgents were dragged through the streets of Fallujah. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson, NPR's Melissa Block and former Marine "Bing" West.

As reports show the U.S. economy added 308,000 jobs in March, Republicans on Capitol Hill generally claim the numbers vindicate the GOP's tax policies. Democrats have conflicting reactions: relief that Americans are finding jobs, but criticism that job production is still not good enough. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

Sen. John Kerry takes another step toward clinching the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday with victories in Southern states. Kerry, who no longer faces substantial competition in his bid to oppose President George Bush, had campaigned heavily in Florida, a likely November battleground. Hear NPR's David Welna.

Eight months before the U.S. presidential election, likely voters are paying unusually close attention to the contest ahead, and they're polarized in their views, according to the latest NPR poll. The poll finds that if the election were held today, voters would be almost evenly split between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

With his win in Tuesday's Illinois primary, Sen. John Kerry officially secures the Democratic presidential nomination. He now faces the tough task of defining himself clearly to voters, as attack ads from President Bush's re-election campaign portray Kerry as weak on national defense. Hear NPR's David Welna.