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President Bush concludes his five-day European tour on Thursday in Bratislava, Slovakia where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tom Nicholson, publisher of The Slovak Spectator, speaks to NPR's Madeleine Brand talks about the summit.

USA Next, a conservative consulting group that orchestrated the Swift Boat Veterans' ads against Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, are taking on a new adversary. In new ads, the group attacks the AARP, one of the most vocal opponents of President Bush's Social Security plan. NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks with representatives from both groups.

Journalists have compiled instances of favoring international staff over local staff and treating people of color inequitably. A grassroots group of staffers agrees. Here's how MSF is responding.

The Israeli cabinet approves the dismantling of 21 Jewish settlements in Gaza and four in the West Bank. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said the Gaza pullout will begin in July and take 12 weeks.

NPR's Juan Williams joins NPR's Alex Chadwick to assess the week's political events, including the State of the Union speech and President Bush's efforts to promote his Social Security privitization plan.

An auction of rare documents and artifacts related to the evolution of computer technology and the Internet will be held at Christie's Auction House in New York on Wednesday. Day to Day technology correspondent Xeni Jardin reports.

Critics call her "alluring" and "utterly enchanting." At Carnegie Hall, Sam Phillips delights her audience with her own songs of love and heartbreak. The Section String Quartet and Phillips' own band join her in an unplugged performance.

Alison Krauss and her band will start a tune again and again until it sounds as good as they imagine it. Krauss and members of Union Station perform at NPR.

The Associated Press reports that President Bush's new plan for Social Security could potentially allow younger workers to invest up to 4 percent of their payroll taxes in private accounts. Those contributions would be limited to $1,000 to $1,300 a year. Pollsters say many young people seem to favor Bush's plan -- but others call it highway robbery. NPR's Tony Cox gets reaction from David Certner, director of federal affairs for the AARP, and Lee Walker, president of The New Coalition for Economic and Social Change.

Comic book legend Will Eisner died Monday at the age of 87. The artist was best known for his Sunday strip The Spirit, but most may recognize his style from the buxom ladies he painted on the nose of fighter planes in World War II. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne.