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The family of Nicholas Berg, the U.S. civilian beheaded in Iraq, blames the U.S. government for their son's death. Berg's father, Michael Berg, cited e-mails that he said indicated that Berg was in American military custody at the time he had planned to return home. The CIA has identified the man who killed Berg as terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

"Like the apocalypse, like a horror film," is how one evacuee describes weeks of sheltering in the vast, Soviet-era steel plant. Her daughter says, "Each day felt like it would be our last one alive."

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi travels to Europe for the first time in 15 years, meeting with European Union officials in Brussels. The session, seen as a reward for Gadhafi's decision to renounce weapons of mass destruction, comes as Libya remains under fire by human rights groups who say the country suppresses dissent. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

For the second time this month, the most sacred Shiite shrine in Iraq was damaged during fighting. U.S. military officials said the damage to the Najaf shrine did not result from American fire. U.S.-led forces were battling Shiite militia in Najaf and Kufa, in southern Iraq. Officials say at least 11 people were killed and more than 20 wounded. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

North Korea sold nuclear fuel to Libya, according to a report in The New York Times. Libya surrendered the uranium to the United States earlier this year -- enough to have supplied material for a nuclear bomb. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and New York Times White House correspondent David Sanger.

Until recently, domestic violence was never discussed in Spain, but now attitudes are changing and the socialist government plans to bring new legislation before parliament soon. A popular film about spousal abuse called I Give You My Eyes is helping to spark the national debate.

Military officials deny that the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, knew about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in American custody. Reports in The Washington Post described prospective testimony that would place Sanchez as a witness of some abuses. The story brought stern denials from the Pentagon. Hear NPR's Libby Lewis.

President Bush said Monday night that Iraqis will receive full sovereignty after June 30. But analysts note that the interim Iraqi government won't have any say over U.S. troops in the country, and it's questionable whether it will have full control over Iraq's military and police forces. Bush's timeline for Iraq will require a strong American military presence there for at least another year and a half. Hear NPR's Mike Shuster.

NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to NPR political editor Ken Rudin about how Republican control of Congress, especially the Senate, is not assured in the next elections. Many seats in both the House of Representatives and Senate are hotly contested, and could fall to either the Democrats or the GOP.

NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about the legal questions involved when pregnant mothers reject medical advice, and doctors seek to override those decisions.