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  • NPR's Liane Hansen reads from listener comments.
  • Iraqi officials say upcoming U.N. arms inspections will show Saddam Hussein's regime has no weapons of mass destructions. Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix is due in Baghdad Monday. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.
  • A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Bishop Thomas Doran of Rockford, Ill.; Susan Archibald, president of Linkup; Senate Chaplain Lloyd Ogilvie; Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and David Obey (D-WI); audiotape, released this week by al Jazeera, which U.S. officials believe is from Osama bin Laden; President George W. Bush; Iraqi Ambassador Mohammed Al-Douri, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
  • Newly-drawn Congressional districts in Texas benefit white residents — even though it was the population growth among people of color that helped the state pick up two additional seats in Congress.
  • Even with government assistance and other efforts, more than 55% of Black and Latino households reported serious financial problems, compared with 29% of white households.
  • The first American work in the 22-year history of Mystery!" series is an adaptation of Tony Hillerman's "Skinwalkers." "Skinwalkers" is one of 13 Hillerman mysteries featuring Native American detectives Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police. Laura Sydell has a report.
  • The House concludes its last session of the 107th Congress after passing legislation creating a new Homeland Security Department. But lawmakers fail to extend unemployment benefits that are due to expire three days after Christmas. NPR's David Welna reports.
  • NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with ESPN's Monica McNutt about how as the NBA season begins, fans are talking about two players who won't be on the court anytime soon.
  • The Miss World pageant is moved from Nigeria to London after dozens of people are killed in bloody riots triggered by a newspaper article that suggests the Islamic prophet Muhammad would "probably have chosen a wife from among" the contestants. Hear freelance reporter Silvia Sansoni.
  • In Prague, organizers of a NATO session scramble to rearrange the seating chart so President Bush and British Prime Minister Blair would not have to sit near Ukraine's president, who's been accused of approving military sales to Iraq. NPR's Guy Raz reports.
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