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As the Bush administration and U.N. teams struggle to help Iraqis create a new government, the Sunni population is apprehensive. Sunnis, a minority in Iraq, enjoyed a privileged position under Saddam Hussein's rule. Many now fear losing their privileges -- and possibly being persecuted -- under an elected government. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

Malaria cases are increasing, in part because the parasite has learned how to fight off many new drugs. Scientists are hoping to stop the disease at its source -- by redesigning the mosquito that carries malaria. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.

Many doctors do not discuss weight problems with obese patients, regardless of how overweight they are. Part of the reason is that most doctors have not been trained to treat obesity. At the Duke University Medical Center, the school has created the first ever obesity curriculum for medical students. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports.

Point-of-view media, such as talk radio and cable's talking heads, have become a refuge and valued source of information for many conservatives. Liberals are flocking to their own type of opinion media, such as director Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. NPR's Kim Masters reports.

Music critic Tom Manoff listens to a new CD of Clarinet Quintets. The works are by Mozart and by Brahms performed by David Shifrin and the Emerson String Quartet. Manoff says he's heard these works many times, and was very pleased by the intimacy and passion in the performances. (5:15) The CD is called Mozart/Brahms Clarinet Quintets. Performed by David Shifrin and the Emerson String Quartet, on Deutsche Grammophon Records.

During the past four decades, Paul Theroux has produced more than two dozen works of fiction and half as many widely read travel books. His latest work of fiction, The Elephanta Suite, is composed of three novellas set in modern India.

Pirates are as popular as ever this summer. But many myths surround Blackbeard and his brothers. Gail Selinger, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pirates, addresses what's fact and what goes overboard.

In his years covering the Middle East for The New York Times, Neil MacFarquhar spent time observing many of the customs. He describes some of them in his new book, The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday.

Many airlines don't want to have their crews overnight in an Ebola area or send them to a place where they can't get adequate health care if something goes wrong.

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright's comments from the pulpit at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago have spotlighted on his church and his relationship with Barack Obama. The church being portrayed in the media, however, is unrecognizable to many who are familiar with the congregation.