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The lawyer for Yaser Esam Hamdi welcomes the Supreme Court's ruling that Hamdi, an American citizen arrested in Afghanistan in 2001, has the right to legally challenge his status as an "enemy combatant" in a U.S. court. Public defender Frank Dunham argued Hamdi's case after the suit was initiated by Hamdi's father. Hear Dunham and NPR's Robert Siegel.

Sudan's government promises to fight militias that have been raping and murdering thousands of black African villagers in the western Darfur region. But Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), who recently returned from Sudan, says evidence strongly suggests the militias have government support, and calls for a greater international presence in the region. Brownback speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Some companies are embracing the belief that a faith-friendly workplace will create higher profits -- or at least happier workers. At Atlanta-based HomeBanc Mortgage Corp., employees can take part in prayer groups or speak with corporate chaplains. In the first of a three-part series, NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Robert Sanchez of The Rocky Mountain News and Jonathan Swain, a 21-year-old man who contracted AIDS as a child. Sanchez learned about Jonathan while doing a story on education, and traced him to Utah. Swain discusses how he lived with AIDS his whole life. He now is married, and is expecting a child of his own.

A look at the neighborhood around the World Trade Center before the buildings were built. A six-block area contained the largest collection of radio and electronics stores in the world.

Educator and producer Camille O. Cosby, whose play Having Our Say was nominated for a Tony Award, has teamed up with Emmy Award-winning journalist Renee Poussaint on a written and audio history project. Their collaboration looks at the professional and personal stories of African-American visionaries who helped shape America.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Jerry Fowler, staff director of the Committee on Conscience at the United States Holocaust Museum, about defining genocide. Secretary of State Colin Powell told NPR Wednesday that the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region does not yet equal genocide. Fowler explains how the concept is defined in international treaties and then parsed by countries.

In 1967, the Esso Trinidad Tripoli Steelband caught the ear of one of the most popular entertainers of the day: Liberace. The flamboyant pianist was so taken by this new, luminous sound that he took the renamed Trinidad Tripoli Steelband on tour with him for two years.

To honor the voices stilled when the Twin Towers were destroyed Sept. 11, a team of independent radio producers set out to compile a "sonic memorial" -- an audio project commemorating the life and history of the World Trade Center. This story introduces that project.

Thousands of Hmong refugees from Laos are being resettled in the United States. Government officials say budget cuts may curb social services for the newcomers. Tom Scheck of Minnesota Public Radio reports.