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NPR's Robert Smith tries his hand -- and his thighs -- at curling, which as always will be featured at this year's Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. It looks like a tame sport, but as Smith and his legs found out, it can be strenuous.

Tension in Baghdad increases as the city prepares for a U.S.-led assault to remove Saddam Hussein. Soldiers gather along streets and residents stock up on food and gas. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with CNN reporter Diana Muriel in Basra about the problem of keeping the peace there. British forces took the city on Monday, and now residents are angry that forces there have failed to halt widespread looting and lawlessness.

Reese Erlich reports on the growing trend in Spain of fusing traditional flamenco music with hip-hop rhythms. Purists are aghast, but the musicians who play flamenco fusion are discovering that they're introducing the art form to many of the kids in Spain's biggest cities.

Letterboxing is a British hobby recently imported to the United States. It entails using clues -- now posted on the World Wide Web -- to find secret boxes hidden in odd places on city streets. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Thomas Johnston, an enthusiast in Washington, D.C.

There are worries that the current lockdown of China's biggest city Shanghai could further exacerbate the situation.

Singapore is trying to encourage its citizens to make more little Singaporeans, hoping to avert a population decline. From the island city-state, Kelly McEvers reports on the government's efforts to sponsor a baby boom.

More explosions rocked Baghdad Tuesday. Charles Duhigg, a correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, reports from the scene of a car bombing in the in the center of the Iraqi city.

In Iraq, several cars explode outside Christian churches as their congregations were holding evening services. One detonation was reported in the northern city of Mosul; at three others occurred in Baghdad. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

Rioting is occurring in the Pakistani city of Karachi following the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.