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NPR's Michele Norris talks to NPR health correspondent Richard Knox to find out more about SARS. Since the symptoms mimic influenza, many people are worried that their spring allergies and colds might be the start of SARS. Since there are only 70 reported cases of SARS in the United States -- only one of which has been serious -- it's unlikely the public here is at great risk at the moment.

Rescued American POW Pfc. Jessica Lynch is being treated at a military hospital in Germany. The supply clerk was captured when her unit was ambushed in Nasiriyah more than a week ago. The military has not released any information on 11 bodies found when Lynch was rescued. Jeff Young of West Virginia Public Radio reports.

U.S. forces launch a two-pronged attack on Iraqi troops defending Baghdad. Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks says Iraq's elite Republican Guard is "under serious attack" and the "dagger is clearly pointed at the heart of the regime." Southeast of the Iraqi capital, troops capture a key bridge over the Tigris River. Hear NPR's Nick Spicer.

European leaders meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell in Brussels say they're not opposed to sending NATO peacekeeping forces into Iraq. But many European nations still call for the United Nations, not the U.S., to take the lead role in administering post-war Iraq. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

About 1,000 U.S. soldiers parachute onto an airfield in an area controlled by Iraqi Kurds in an effort to threaten the Iraqi regime from the north. It's the largest and most public deployment yet of U.S. ground forces in the Kurdish enclave -- and a sign that the United States may be opening a second military front against Baghdad. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.

The latest installment in NPR's War Diaries series has the story of an Iraqi exile whose family is still in Baghdad.

A massive sandstorm that buffeted Iraq the past few days has calmed, but daytime skies remain dark over parts of Baghdad, obscured by thick smoke from blazing trenches of oil. Public health experts say the pollution from those fires could expose the people to yet another hazard. NPR's Joseph Shapiro reports.

President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair end two days of war talks at Camp David. At a joint news conference, President Bush vows to persevere for "however long it takes" to remove Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

The latest installment in NPR's War Diaries series has the story of Ziad Ezzat, a young Iraqi American who expresses himself through a satirical Web site called wackyiraqi.com.

Conflicting reports surround military action in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra. British air forces fire on a large, heavily armed tank column seen leaving the city, although its destination remains unclear. British military headquarters in Kuwait says Basra is a military objective, but there's no indication of when or if an invasion may take place. Officials also have not confirmed reports of a civilian uprising in the city. Hear the BBC's Clive Myrie.