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Later this month, the U.S government launches Alhurra, a new 24-hour satellite TV news channel designed to compete with the Arab world's al-Jazeera. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports that Alhurra's mission is to present the American perspective to the Arabic world.

Delegates to the Democratic convention are up for grabs Saturday in Michigan and in Washington state. About 200,000 people showed up for caucuses in Washington -- considered an enormous turnout. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Wendy Kaufman.

Girlpool's sound has gotten bigger and bigger over the years. The Los Angeles band's new album "Forgiveness" is a far cry from their debut.

The next test for Democrats is Sunday in Maine's caucuses, with contests following Tuesday in Virginia and Tennessee. NPR's Brian Naylor speaks with Fred Bever of Maine Public Radio; Richmond Times-Dispatch political writer Tyler Whitley and Sandra Roberts, managing editor of opinion at The Tennessean in Nashville.

President Bush, battling declining polls numbers and criticism from Democrats, goes on NBC's Meet The Press for an hour-long interview. He defends his decision to go to war in Iraq and says CIA director George Tenet's job is safe despite complaints about pre-war intelligence. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, expresses doubts about the special commission President Bush has appointed to investigate the nation's intelligence capabilities. Levin says the panel will not be able to look into whether the administration skewed the intelligence compiled by the CIA and other agencies. Levin speaks to NPR's Steve Inskeep.

On a visit to Europe, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gives a spirited defense of the U.S. decision to go to war in Iraq and the wider policy of pre-emption. Rumsfeld spoke at the annual Munich Conference on Security Policy. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards faces two critical primaries Tuesday in his home region: Tennessee and Virginia. Edwards is trying to make the case that only he -- and not John Kerry -- can take on President Bush in the South. But some polls show Kerry leading in Tuesday's contests. Hear NPR's Adam Hochberg.

A new NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School poll on sex education shows that while more than 90% of Americans approve of sex education in schools, they don't all agree on how it should be taught. In the first of a two-part series, NPR's Joseph Shapiro takes us to a comprehensive abstinence lecture at a school in Maine, and talks with students about their impressions of it.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Kellie Lynch, who researches intimate partner and domestic violence, about how this abuse is influencing public opinion in the trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.