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A towering new suspension bridge debuts in southern France. At its highest point, the Millau Viaduct is more than 1,000 feet above ground, and the French say it's the highest bridge in the world. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Millau's mayor, Jacques Godfrain.

President Bush has suggested that this Sunday's elections will mark a major turning point for the fledgling Iraq government. Congressional Democrats and some Republicans are using the pivotal day as a way to renew the debate about when and if the U.S. military should withdrawal.

The government of Brazil says it will switch 300,000 government computers from Microsoft's Windows operating system to open source software like Linux. Microsoft founder Bill Gates wants to meet with Brazil's president to discuss the change. Brazil is dropping all proprietary software.

First Command Financial Planning reaches a $12 million settlement in an investigation involving the company's sales of high-fee mutual funds to soldiers. NPR's Michele Norris talks with New York Times reporter Diana Henriques.

Washington election officials now claim that over 500 ballots were not appropriately evaluated in the state's governor's race. The preliminary margin of victory in the race was just 42 votes. Residents are awaiting the results of a second recount. NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.

Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire witnessed the killing and chaos of the Hutu/Tutsi conflict in Rwanda. Scott Simon talks to Dallaire about his experience, which is chronicled in his book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda.

U.S Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan prosecuted Tommy Chong. We talk with her about Operation Pipe Dreams and how it applied to Chong, as well as the investigation that led to the charges against him.

Church leaders and mourners pray for Pope John Paul II, whose body lies in the Clementina Hall at the Vatican. Born Karel Wojtyla in Poland 84 years ago, John Paul died in Saturday after 26 years as pope.

The evolution of the anti-abortion coalition in the U.S. has long been a shared project of supremacist movements. Though they have shared a goal of overturning Roe, they have different agendas.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa about their new book, His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.