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A suicide driver detonates a car bomb outside Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's party headquarters in Baghdad. At least 10 people were wounded. The al Qaeda affiliate in Iraq claimed reponsibility for the attack just a day after its leader declared an all out war on the upcoming election. This is the second attack on Allawi's party in a week.

A series of explosions rips through crowds at Shia shrines in Baghdad and the holy city of Karbala, killing scores of people celebrating Ashoura, one of the holiest days in Shia Islam. Authorities do not yet know who is behind the attacks. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Jennifer Griffin reports from Beirut that the people of Lebanon and Northern Israel today enjoyed the quiet of a ceasefire announced yesterday between Israel and Hizbullah. The deal was brokered by Secretary of State Warren Christopher...and ended sixteen days of fighting which killed more than 150 Lebanese and forced thousands of Israelis and hundred of thousands of Lebanese civilians to flee their homes. In Lebanon today, waves of displaced families began returning home to towns and villages in Southern Lebanon.

NPR's David Baron reports that the Department of Health and Human Services completes three days of hearings on the way that donated livers are distributed for transplants. There are deep disagreements among health care professionals and the people who need transplants about the way these organs are allocated, and some critics allege that the centers that perform liver transplant procedures are making profit their number-one priority, rather than life-saving.

in Nazi Germany could be eligible for financial compensation. Survivors will have to meet very specific criteria...so far, about 250 people have applied for redress from the German government. The last day to file a claim with the U.S. Justice Department is February 23rd.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld pays a surprise visit to troops in Iraq, landing first at the U.S. base near Mosul where an insurgent attack three days ago killed 22 people. His message to the troops was upbeat. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Alister Bull of Reuters News Agency.

A bomb explodes in a shopping center in Jounieh, a Christian town near Beirut, killing at least two people and wounding five. It's the second deadly attack against an anti-Syrian stronghold in five days. Rami Khouri, executive editor of the Daily Star newspaper in Lebanon, discusses how the attacks affect the country's security situation.

This year flu shots are hard to find in the United States, so some companies are coming up with creative ways to transport people to Canada. The vaccine is plentiful there and the exchange rates are low in case you want to pack in a day of shopping, too. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

At a White House news conference, President Bush pledges to stand fast in Iraq and Afghanistan, and cites progress amid problems in the postwar climate. But he calls Iraq a "dangerous place." A series of deadly bombings in recent days has killed dozens of people in Iraq. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and NPR's Ted Clark.

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