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Robert Siegel speaks with Nomi Morris, Middle East correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers. She's in Baghdad and says the breakdown of sanctions against Iraq have eased the human suffering in the country and led to signs that business is returning. The United States and Great Britian are increasingly isolated in their policy of continuing economic sanctions.

John Burnett reports that President Bush's first foreign trip won't feel so foreign. The former Texas governor has traveled extensively in Mexico, cultivating friendships with President Vicente Fox and other leaders. Bush and Fox share natural affinities: both have an easy-going, back-slapping, plain-spoken style. The question now is how that translates into the way they deal with complex policy questions.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports that this week's ruling against online music-trader Napster has computer programmers brainstorming ways to provide the same service -- without the lawsuits.

Commentator Garrett Bucks finds the meaning behind this week's court ruling against Napster -- how the loss of this free music-trading service affects music as an art form.

NPR's Guy Raz reports on the new German defense budget. The German defense minister has called for base closings and defense cuts.

El Salvador is trying to dig out from under the rubble left by Tuesday's earthquake which killed at least 274 people. Many more are missing, and over 100,000 are homeless. Host Bob Edwards speaks with Gino Lofredo, director of El Salvador Catholic Relief Services, about rescue and relief efforts.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports that President George W. Bush goes to Mexico tomorrow, his first official foreign trip. He will visit the ranch of Mexico's new president, Vicente Fox. Officials on both sides of the border are optimistic that the time is right to move forward in addressing some of the biggest problems between the two neighbors, including illegal immigration and drug trafficking.

The U.S. lumber industry is finding it hard to post a profit. Their production prices have remained high, but in order to remain competitive with imported timber, many U.S. logging companies have been selling their wares at or below cost. Kathy Witkowsky examines how an independently owned sawmill in Seeley Lake, Montana, deals with the problem.

Host Bob Edwards talks about the history of presidential pardons with Robert George, a professor of legal philosophy at Princeton University. George says that pardons weren't designed for cases like Marc Rich; the main purpose of a pardon is to heal the political wounds of a nation.

The documents suggest the company put growth and profits ahead of users' well-being.