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Music critic Milo Miles reviews the collection The Rough Guide to the Music of Morocco.

Sheffer is the founder, conductor and artistic director of the New-York based orchestra. The group is known for the diversity of its musical program and rediscovering neglected works. They've performed works by Wagner, George Gershwin, Franz Schubert, Philip Glass and Paul Bowles. In March, the orchestra will perform the U.S. premiere of the Jonathan Dove adaptation of Wagner's The Valkyrie.

Despite losing to Sen. John Kerry in Virginia and Tennessee, Sen. John Edwards maintains his hopes of making the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination a two-person race. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Adam Hochberg.

CIA director George Tenet defends intelligence his agency compiled on Iraq. Reacting to weeks of public accusations that a major intelligence failure had preceded the war in Iraq, Tenet insists the CIA never twisted its assessments of Iraq's military capabilities to suit political concerns. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' arrival on U.S. shores. There are countless books and TV and radio specials. Paul Ingles reports on one aspect of the original madness — the radio wars that erupted around the Beatles.

The folk musical duo Cathy & Marcy just earned their ninth Grammy nomination, most recently for their album for children Bon Appetit! Musical Food Fun. They offer a musical commentary about the negative side of illegally downloading music.

A new NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School poll on sex education shows that while more than 90% of Americans approve of sex ed in schools, they don't all agree on how it should be taught. In the first of a two-part series, NPR's Wade Goodwyn takes us to an abstinence lecture at a Dallas Middle School, and talks with students about their impressions of it.

A U.N. team in Iraq seeks to determine if elections can be held in Iraq by a June 30 deadline established by the Bush administration. Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric is insisting on direct elections instead of the U.S. preference for caucuses to pick a transitional government. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and Les Campbell, Mideast director of the National Democratic Institute, which monitors elections around the world.

President Bush names the members of a commission that will investigate possible intelligence lapses in the buildup to war with Iraq. Former Democratic Sen. Charles Robb of Virginia and retired Republican federal judge Laurence Silberman head a panel that is already drawing criticism for being too full of Washington insiders and "establishment" figures. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

After eight years translating for Saddam Hussein, Esho Joseph fled the country. Despite his status, he was warned he was marked for execution. Esho and his wife defected. For 12 years, he waited for the chance to return as a free man to Iraq. Last fall, NPR's Jacki Lyden accompanied him on the trip home.