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All Things Considered book reviewer Alan Cheuse -- also a published author and creative writing professor at George Mason University in Virginia -- presents a list of summer reading suggestions. This year's list is a mix of new editions of old classics and exciting new works by fresh authors. Cheuse says that he asks writers to read from their work so that listeners "might get the flavor of the books from the waft of their voices."

Gen. Pervez Musharraf led a military coup in Pakistan in 1999, and has been a key U.S. ally in the "war on terrorism" since the Sept. 11 attacks. He talks to All Things Considered's Michele Norris about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the simmering conflict with India and the prospect of democracy in Pakistan. Follow NPR News coverage of Musharraf's rule.

Kate and Edwina Sharma are having quite an impact on 19th century English society — and 21st century India. Their role in the Netflix show has sparked talk of colorism, colonialism and women's rights.

Unidentified Iraqis ambush British troops in southern Iraq, wounding eight British soldiers. The circumstances surrounding the deaths of six British soldiers in a separate incident are not fully known, but officials believe they were killed by hostile fire. Meanwhile, Pentagon officials say the level of coordination involved in the ongoing attacks on U.S. and British troops in Iraq is "unclear." NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

This week, San Francisco re-opened its restored Ferry Building, the landmark that symbolized the city before the Golden Gate Bridge was built. NPR's John McChesney reports on the renovated building for All Things Considered. See a photo gallery of the Ferry Building and its famed clock tower.

NPR's Mandalit del Barco profiles one of the more than 50 U.S. troops who have died in Iraq since major combat in the war officially ended May 1. She visits the family of Army Sgt. Atanasio Haro Marin, a Mexican-American soldier from Baldwin Park, Calif., who died when his unit was ambushed.

NPR's Pat Dowell reports on Whale Rider, the latest movie from the Maori people of New Zealand.

From New Hampshire Public Radio, Raquel Maria Dillon reports on an Internet Democratic primary taking place this week on the liberal activist Web site, MoveOn.org. If any of the nine candidates receives 50 percent of the vote, MoveOn says it will endorse that candidate for the election of 2004.

Saboteurs in western Iraq blow up part of a gas pipeline that had supplied fuel for Baghdad's main electric generators, affecting the city's electricity and water supplies. Experts predict it could take weeks to fix the problem. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

Investigators say they've found a potentially catastrophic design flaw with the space shuttle that could result in parts of a heavy bolt striking the orbiter during launch. Officials do not think the flaw caused the shuttle Columbia to break apart, but it could ground the shuttle program longer than expected. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.