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Viggo Mortensen stars in Eastern Promises, a new David Cronenberg thriller set in London, in the dangerous underworld of sex trafficking. Cronenberg and Mortensen's last collaboration was the acclaimed 2005 film A History of Violence.

Four years ago, President Bush made sweeping promises to reform education, Medicare, taxes and Social Security during his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. As Bush prepares for another GOP convention, observers say his record of keeping these vows is mixed. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Backstabber's Ball, the new album from bassist Neal Caine.

Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr moves into Najaf in southern Iraq Tuesday, surrounded by supporters. In a statement, Sadr promised more violence unless U.S. troops pull out of populated areas and release all Iraqi prisoners. American officials have branded Sadr an outlaw. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

One year ago, President Bush made a speech from Jackson Square in New Orleans immediately after Hurricane Katrina. In it, he made several promises to area residents. NPR White House correspondent David Greene reviews how the process has worked.

Celebrated soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom — a pioneer, among other things, in the use of electronics in live jazz — has an inventively formatted new recording. Fresh Air's jazz critic has a listen.

Two albums featuring the late rock 'n' roll icon have been released — Memorial Collection and Down the Line: Rarities. Rock historian Ed Ward considers Holly's music and tragic death.

A small study being presented at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in Miami suggests that treating Alzheimer's patients with a type of antibody may halt or even reverse progress of the degenerative disease.

More and more Chinese companies are beginning to do advanced computer programming. And China has the human resources to compete with the United States in the computer programming industry -- the country graduates more than 100,000 programmers a year.