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During the 1990-1991 Gulf War, some 600 Kuwaitis were detained by Iraqi forces in Kuwait and have never been accounted for. Some of their families cling to the hope that they will get word about their loved ones if U.S. forces try to topple Saddam Hussein. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

As the reconnaissance plane standoff continues, the Chinese government must take into account the opinions of its own people, even though the political voice of the masses is muted. The public mood is one of anger and disappointment at the United States. NPR's Rob Gifford samples opinion outside the U.S. embassy and in McDonalds in Beijing.

Yesterday, a helicopter crashed some 250 miles south of Hanoi in Vietnam, killing 7 Americans and 9 Vietnamese on board. All the Americans are said to have been involved in the U.S. military's program to recover Americans missing in action from the Vietnam War. NPR's Emily Harris reports on the scope of the Joint Task Force operation, titled Full Accounting.

Two top executives and the outside auditor exit the federally backed mortgage giant Fannie Mae after the Securities and Exchange Commission finds fault with the company's accounting. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Mike McNamee of Business Week.

Private 1st Class Joyleniz Laboy was able to visit with her husband who is stationed 30 minutes from her husband in Kuwait, courtesy of their chaplains. This is another segment in the NPR War Diaries series -- personal accounts and reflections of individuals affected by the Iraq war, from the combat zone to the home front.

In the premier segment of NPR's War Diaries series, Lt. Jon Slaughter, a naval flight surgeon, describes the surreal experience of testing his gas mask as he prepares for war. In the continuing series, NPR shares the personal accounts and reflections of individuals affected by the Iraq war, from the combat zone to the home front.

Canada's film industry struggles for success -- and seeks its own spotlight in the shadow of Hollywood. Canadian films account for just one percent of box office totals in Canada. A new campaign seeks to raise that to at least five percent. David D'Arcy reports.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Lenny Savino, a reporter and former police officer, about a Drug Enforcement Agency operation last fall that the Agency touted as a "major takedown" against Caribbean and Latin American drug traffickers. There are many questions, however, about the accuracy of the DEA's account of the operation's success.

NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on racial disparities between African-Americans and whites when it comes to kidney transplants. A new study in this week's New England Journal of Medicine suggests that overuse of transplants in whites, coupled with socioeconomic factors among blacks accounts for the transplant gap. Providing a better social infrastructure for low-income blacks would eliminate much of the disparity.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on an agreement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and top accounting firms for guidelines requiring the companies to disclose the value of their consulting contracts with businesses they also audit. Both sides agree the new voluntary rules will help assure investors that they're getting a reliable look at a company's financial health.