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A new exhibition in London features T.E. Lawrence's long-lost map of the Middle East. Lawrence of Arabia's map, presented to the British cabinet in 1918, provides an alternative to present-day borders in the region.

Animator Nick Park is the creative genius behind the new film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. It's the feature-film debut for characters beloved in previous short features... a brainy inventor and his flop-eared best friend.

In his new book, For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire, former Army Capt. James Yee tells the story of his ordeal as a Muslim chaplain at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He was arrested on suspicion of espionage and held in solitary confinement for 76 days before being released and given an honorary discharge.

Officials in Guatemala are considering declaring a village buried under a mudslide a mass gravesite. As many as 1,400 people lived in the village. Rains from Hurricane Stan have increased the storm's death toll in Mexico and Central America.

The Labor Department's unemployment report for September shows a smaller than expected number of job losses from Hurricane Katrina. Even so, unemployment rises to 5.1 percent. But analysts say numbers from October will give a better indication of Katrina's impact on the job market.

Iraqi authorities are working on details of the country's constitution. Iraqis will head to the polls to vote on the proposed constitution this Saturday. Host Steve Inskeep talks to Anne Garrels in Baghdad.

Uproar among many conservatives over President Bush's choice of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court adds to the long list of political troubles dogging the Republican Party. The Iraq war, gas prices, hurricanes and ethics scandals are making Republicans worried about next year's elections.

Australians Robin Warren and Barry Marshall receive the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Their research bucked conventional wisdom, showing that a bacterium, not simply excess stomach acid, causes peptic ulcers. Also, it suggested that bacterium may be a major cause of stomach cancer.

The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday on a challenge to the only state law in the country that authorizes doctor-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. The law allows doctors to prescribe lethal doses of drugs.

NPR's David Welna is at the Capitol with a snapshot of reaction from several members of Congress to Tuesday's State of the Union message by President Bush. Some of his supporters express complaints, while the debate over Iraq has escalated.