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The director of CARE in Iraq, a woman who has lived and worked in Baghdad for 30 years, is abducted. Also, a mortar attack on a police barracks north of Baghdad left at least four Iraqis dead and more than 80 wounded. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

European leaders meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell in Brussels say they're not opposed to sending NATO peacekeeping forces into Iraq. But many European nations still call for the United Nations, not the U.S., to take the lead role in administering post-war Iraq. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

The United States says Iraq needs more security, and Iraqis have to do much of the job. Early efforts have focused on police retraining. But it could take another year and a half, U.S. officials say, to get as many trained police as needed. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

British Defense Secretary Jeff Hoon says a decision will soon be made on whether to prosecute British soldiers over the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners. Prime Minister Tony Blair's government is under increasing pressure to respond to allegations of abuse from the Red Cross and Amnesty International. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

A United Nations announces the appointment of an eight-member Iraqi election commission, which will direct preparations for a January 2005 vote on a constitutional assembly. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

German cyclist Jan Ullrich has finished second to Lance Armstrong three times in the Tour de France. He's trailing Armstrong again this year. No one questions Ullrich's immense talent, only his motivation. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

On Tuesday morning, America's population is predicted to hit 300 million. Who are we? Increasingly we are: a single mom; a centenarian; an immigrant from Mexico; an Asian business owner; a baby boomer; someone named Jacob or Emily.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on a campaign against the Americanization of Christmas celebrations in Germany. German children have come to expect a Christmas Eve visit from a gift-bearing character called Christmasman. He looks and acts a lot like Santa. Some Germans, though, are promoting a more traditional gift-giver, St. Nicholas, who helped the poor.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Michael Powell. He says he believes in less regulation and more free market competition in the telecommunications industry. He also says he is not concerned about rising cable TV prices and programming that might be bad for children to watch. He says people can choose not to buy, and not to watch.

Even as family farms lose ground to corporate agriculture, city folks feel an emotional pull to farming. But as enthusiastic as they are, they don't know how to grow crops or raise livestock. NPR's Emily Harris visits a program at the University of Maryland that aims to instruct beginning farmers--those who hope to make some money at it, and those who just want to live the lifestyle.