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Reports that portable computer memory drives, often called flash drives, have been smuggled off a U.S. air base in Afghanistan and sold at local markets are raising concerns about military security. Officials at the base at Bagram, near the capital of Kabul and a hub for U.S. military activity in the nation, has tried to beef up security -- but according to The Los Angeles Times, the problem still exists. Alex Chadwick talks to Keith Kluwe, a former soldier who once worked at the base.

In the Horn of Africa, a drought is killing livestock across a wide swath of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia. The United Nations estimates that more than 6 million people in the region are at risk of running out of food and water as a result of the drought if aid doesn't arrive soon.

Recent changes in abortion laws have turned abortion politics upside down. Republicans who have been promoting abortion restrictions as part of their campaigns are worried that sweeping state bans might scare away swing voters. Democrats are using those same bans to paint Republicans as extreme.

Bolivia's new president Evo Morales' much-photographed sweater is making a big fashion statement. The sudden popularity of the multicolored, striped sweater has inspired a La Paz manufacturer to turn out a thousand sweaters like it.

Steve Inskeep talks with former President Bill Clinton about his foundation's work to lower the cost of AIDS treatments in developing countries. Thursday, the Clinton Foundation announced it had negotiated cheaper long-term drugs and faster AIDS tests.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Mitch Berman from Wichita, Kansas. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KMUW in Wichita.)

Saddam Hussein's trial resumes in Baghdad with a new chief judge, and descends into chaos almost immediately as Saddam and three other defendants shout at the judge and walk out of the court.

After more than 18 years at the helm of the nation's economy, Alan Greenspan steps down Tuesday. As head of the Federal Reserve, Greenspan presided over the longest economic expansion in U.S. history.

ABC News co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured when the Iraqi Army vehicle they were traveling in was attacked and an explosive device went off.

A government scientist claims that his superiors are silencing his public statements on global warming. NASA climate expert James Hansen went public with these accusations in The New York Times and The Washington Post.