Thailand's prime minister said the Thai government would review an anti-drug-trafficking and -production policy it had launched at the beginning of February. Nearly 1,000 people have been killed in the weeks since. The government has said criminals seeking to silence potential informants are responsible for the deaths. (BBC)

Turkish officials said the U.S. had promised not to allow Iraqi Kurds to form their own state in the event that a war displaces the current Iraqi government. The promise is part of an agreement in which Turkey is expected to grant permission to the U.S. to use Turkish military bases for an invasion of Iraq. The officials said the U.S. would also allow Turkish forces to enter northern Iraq to prevent Kurdish refugees from fleeing into Turkey. (WaPost)

The Turkish parliament is expected to vote on the agreement on Saturday. (BBC)

In a televised address, President Bush said that removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq would promote democracy and bring peace to the region. (NYT)

New York and New York City officials announced that a new building complex to be built on the World Trade Center site will be based on a design by Berlin-based Studio Daniel Libeskind. (NYT)

NASA said a Russian Soyuz spacecraft would replace the three-person crew currently manning the International Space Station with a two-person crew sometime this spring. (WaPost)