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The apparent decision by Dubai Ports World to transfer ownership of its rights to U.S. port operations culminated a three-week long firestorm over the deal that took the White House by surprise. When the country learned of the deal, mostly through news reports and talk shows, the reaction was overwhelmingly negative.

Prisoners linked to the al Qaeda global terrorist organization have escaped from a prison in Yemen, and at least one of escaped prisoners is linked to the 2000 bombing attack on the USS Cole. Madeleine Brand speaks with Kevin Whitelaw of U.S. News and World Report, who has just returned from Yemen, about the prison breaks.

Spiegel and Kerr, who have been married since 2017, gave the commencement speech and got honorary degrees from Otis College of Art and Design. Then they surprised graduates with a gift of their own.

Idaho's Republican primary is seen as a national test for how far to the right the GOP can be pulled, as several candidates tied to extremist groups are running for governor and the legislature.

Secretary of State Condolezza Rice is in the Middle East. Rami Khouri, editor-at-large of the Daily Star in Lebanon, talks with Steve Inskeep about the issues she is facing, including funding for the new Palestinian government and the future of Lebanon.

Jacob Zuma, former deputy president of South Africa, was acquitted of raping an HIV-positive family friend by a judge on Monday, who ruled the encounter was consensual. Court testimony suggests that Zuma, formerly assigned to lead the nation's campaign against AIDS, did not grasp the seriousness of the pandemic that has enveloped his nation by having unprotected sex with his accuser.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has set up an emergency call center for veterans who think their personal data may have been exposed after a burglary earlier this month. The Social Security numbers and birth dates of about 26.5 million veterans were stolen from a VA employee’s home. Veterans' organizations are calling for an investigation.

A long-simmering conflict is escalating in southeastern Turkey between government forces and Kurdish rebels known as the PKK. According to a local human-rights organization, the conflict left about 500 people dead last year, including government soldiers and police officers.

President Bush has nominated several conservative judges for federal court seats. Madeleine Brand discusses those nominations and the political forces lining up against some of them with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick.

There were 550 suicide bombings in Iraq last year, and one expert says there is a nearly inexhaustible supply of fervent Jihadists ready for martyrdom in Iraq. U.S. military experts say they're developing a profile of the suicide bomber in Iraq, and that profile is not what you might expect.