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Kayla Williams is a former U.S. Army soldier who served in the Middle East as an Arabic interpreter. She recounts her decision to enlist and her experiences during the Iraq war in a new memoir.

In Iraq, another deadline has come and gone without agreement on a draft constitution. Thursday, the speaker of Iraq's National Assembly, Hashim al Hassani, announced shortly before midnight that negotiators need more time.

Hong Kong's Wong Kar-Wai is a visual stylist: witness In the Mood for Love and Days of Being Wild. His latest film, 2046, runs riot with color, texture -- and beautiful people.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says Congress gave President Bush broad powers to conduct war after the 2001 terror attacks. Gonzales tied that congressional resolution to the president's warrant-free authorization of wiretaps of U.S. citizens by the National Security Agency over the past three years.

Upon arriving Germany Monday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Without being specific, Rice publicly defended the way the United States is conducting its war on terror. European countries have been investigating claims of secret CIA flights and prisons.

The Calhoun School in Manhattan hosts a dinner to aid Hurricane Katrina victims. The school's executive chef, Chef Bobo, talks about the menu — especially the red beans and rice.

Juan Williams examines what the response to Hurricane Katrina says about race and poverty in the United States. One man says the hurricane ripped the covering off the class lines and racism of America.

Before Hurricane Katrina hit land, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, FEMA Director Michael Brown and other top agency officials received e-mails warning that Katrina posed a dire threat to New Orleans and other areas. Yet one FEMA official tells NPR little was done.

Airline officials in Greece say they've recovered the flight data recorders from the Cypriot jetliner that crashed Sunday. Penny Gourntis of the Athens News Agency talks about the worst airline disaster in Greek history.

Allen Toussaint, evacuated from New Orleans after the floods hit, is a songwriter best known for the hit "Working in the Coal Mine." He wrote songs for The Meters, Dr. John, Patti LaBelle and many others, and was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. (This interview was first broadcast on Jan. 6, 1988.)