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Robert Siegel talks with Ambassador James Dobbins, director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the Rand Corporation, about the challenges of rebuilding Iraq after Tuesday's bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Thirteen, starring Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood.

Pianist and composer Dave Brubeck talks about the similarities between classical and jazz. He says a good melody works well with a jazz quartet or a symphony orchestra.

Ever wonder about the origins of the handshake; or the long, cross-cultural tradition of flipping the bird? A new book claims to identify and interpret virtually every gesture known to man. NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Melissa Wagner.

In 1911, a deadly fire swept through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, killing about 150 workers. Many of those who died were poor, immigrant women. A new book details the blaze, and the sweeping set of workplace labor reforms that followed. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to David Von Drehle about his new book, Triangle: the Fire that Changed America. Hear an extended interview with Von Drehle.

Testifying before a judicial inquiry, top British intelligence official John Scarlett denies that his office was pressured by Prime Minister Tony Blair's staff to exaggerate evidence showing that Iraq posed an imminent threat to Britain. New polls suggest 67 percent of Britons believe Blair misled the public about the Iraqi threat. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.

Kevin Whitehead reviews Thelonious Monk's classic 1962 album Criss Cross, recently reissued on Columbia Records.

On August 28, 1963, a quarter million people braved the heat and humidity of the nation's capital to fight for their rights. NPR Senior Correspondent Juan Williams ends the four-part series on March on Washington with the voices that brought power and weight to this historical moment.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with historian Juan Cole of the University of Michigan about Friday's bombing of a mosque in the southern Iraqi town of Najaf.

A car bomb explodes near the Baghdad police station, wounding at least 14 people and damaging the offices of the U.S.-appointed police chief. The blast comes four days after an explosion at a Najaf mosque killed a top Shiite cleric and at least 80 others. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson and Fawaz Gerges of Sarah Lawrence College.