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At least 23 people have been killed and nearly 100 injured in a wave of attacks in Iraq. Most of the attacks were in and around Baghdad and targeted Iraqi security forces.

India's past and future clash in a New Delhi alley. Two blocks of tall apartments full of middle-class residents loom over a rat-infested slum filled with men, women and children who have migrated to the capital from the countryside in search of work.

News of Thursday's bomb attacks in London meet with condemnation in Kabul. A moderate former Taliban official says he watched the TV coverage with anger -- like many in his area, he has relatives in London. But he also believes that the attacks will strengthen terrorist organizations, providing it's another reminder to their grassroots supporters that al Qaeda is capable of mounting sophisticated attacks on Western powers.

Hamid Karzai is favored to win next month's Afghan presidential elections, but he could use the support of Afghan refugees. Millions of refugees in neighboring Pakistan and Iran hope to vote in the election. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

U.S. soldiers are attempting to train new Iraqi soldiers outside Mosul, but threats of violence and anti-American sentiment make the job a daunting one. Some of the soldiers say few in the U.S. understand the complexities or the scale of the insurgency they're confronting. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Despite charges of voting irregularities, U.S. and Afghan officials are calling the presidential election a success. The election proceeded without major bloodshed despite a threat by Taliban militants to disrupt the voting. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves.

Leaders of Iraq's three main factions try to finish drafting a new constitution. The deadline on their one-week extension is midnight Monday. Negotiators have yet to achieve a breakthrough, and there is speculation they might seek another extension.

Philip Reeves has been reporting in and out of Iraq over the past two years. Steve Inskeep talks to Reeves about his experience there, about the pre- and post-election atmosphere and about how the people of Iraq are slowly adjust to living in a war zone.

A female member of Iraq's new parliament is assassinated in Baghdad. The killing came as Prime Minister-designate Ibrahim al-Jaafari presented his list of some 30 Cabinet ministers for approval.

International tsunami relief efforts have helped supply the material needs of residents of Sri Lanka's east coast. Two American men, in the region to help, say the biggest problems they are finding among Sri Lankans are psychological.