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The deadline President Bush set for Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq passes. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Brian Naylor at the White House, NPR's Anne Garrels in Baghdad and NPR's Steve Inskeep in the Persian Gulf.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Eric Westervelt, with the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division. He says that despite sand storms, the division moved quickly into place today at an undisclosed location about 4 km from the Kuwait-Iraq border. Troops have been told that they most likely are going to combat soon.

NPR's Melissa Block talked to people in Martinsburg, W. Va. about their reactions to President Bush's address last night about the crisis with Iraq. West Virginia has always been a state whose sons and daughters have served and died in high proportions in wars. Block finds almost universal support for settling the conflict in Iraq with force. But people express varying degrees of fear about what will happen next. Some fear chemical attacks and even a spread of war around the globe. More than 100 Martinsburg reservists are in southwest Asia.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Ivan Watson in northern Iraq about the exodus of Kurds from their homes and villages, in anticipation of an American assault on the forces of Saddam Hussein. Many Kurds are heading to the relative safety of the mountains, fearing that Saddam might respond to a U.S. assault with chemical or biological weapons attacks on Kurdish areas.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews new albums from The Buzzcocks and Paul Weller, the frontman from the band The Jam. The album titles are Buzzcocks and Illumination.

It was around midnight 75 years ago that Southern California suffered one of the worst disasters in the state's history -- the collapse of an immense dam that sent a deadly wall of water in a 54-mile swath to the Pacific Ocean. Nearly 500 people died, and it ended the career of one of the architects of the modern city of Los Angeles. See photos of the dam before the disaster and the ruins after the walls fell.

Research suggests more than 1.1 million teens need treatment for drug abuse. Only one in 10 get help. Experts in the field acknowledge that effective treatment for teens is difficult to find, hard to obtain, and often unaffordable. In a two-part series, NPR examines challenges and pitfalls for teens on the road to recovery. NPR's Joseph Shapiro followed one 16-year-old and the counselor who's helping him get his life back on track.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with NPR's John Burnett, who's with U.S. troops from the 1st Marine Division in Kuwait. Burnett says the marines there have started to pack up, and convoys of vehicles are moving out in what officials have said is a scheduled dress rehearsal. He says the mood among troops is jubilant following President Bush's 48-hour ultimatum delivered to Saddam Hussein last night.

An organism similar to viruses that cause measles and mumps may be behind a global outbreak of a new form pneumonia, known as SARS. World health officials also report it looks like the disease is on its way to containment. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports.

Anti-war protests are held around the world, including more than 100 U.S. cities and towns. A large and diverse crowd rallies for peace in Washington, D.C., even as President Bush lays the ground for an attack on Iraq. Hear NPR's Lynn Neary and NPR's Janet Babin.