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In the tropical jungle outside Saigon, commentator Robert Franklin visited the Cao-Dai, a syncretic religious group that pulls from Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Islam, Confucianism, Judaism and Christianity. Their fantastic, beautiful and ornate compound is in the middle of people living in extreme poverty, and it reminds Franklin that that religions may be better at dispensing charity than demonstrating justice.

As the world marks 71 years since the Nazi concentration camp was liberated, Shira Springer shares this story.

On his first full day in office, President George W. Bush started the day at Sunday service at Washington National Cathedral. NPR's Emily Harris reports that the party's over and the real work begins.

Commentator Patrick Maney says the fascination with the first 100 days of the American presidential term started with the successes of President Franklin Roosevelt.

In this final round, contestants answer trivia where every answer ends with the word or sound "day."

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports that Russia's President Vladimir Putin has declared today a day of mourning in honor of the 118 men who perished when the Kursk sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea.

Jennifer Griffin reports on the day of mourning in Lebanon. Even as services were being held, Israeli shells were falling near Cana, the site of last Thursday's shelling, where some 100 refugees were killed.

Commentator Donna D'Amico Mayer chronicles a day in the life of a nurse in a psychiatric emergency room. She calls it "the emergency room of the soul," where patients don't get cures, but are kept safe...at least for the moment.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that US planes flying over the extended "no-fly" zone in southern Iraq deflected challenges from Iraqi MiGs and one surface-to-air missile radar today, the second day of US cruise missile attacks on Iraqi air defense systems.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports there was no let-up in the violence in the West Bank and Gaza Friday despite an Israeli decision to seal off the Palestinian territories..