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Tens of thousands of Kenyans gather in Nairobi for the inauguration of the country's new president, Mwai Kibaki. The leader of the opposition National Rainbow Coalition won an overwhelming victory in last week's election, taking 63 percent of the vote. The event marks the end of 24 years of rule by President Daniel arap Moi. Hear NPR's Jason Beaubien.

North Korea inflames nuclear fears by ordering U.N. monitors out of the country. The Bush administration, busy elsewhere, watches warily. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and international relations expert Ellen Laipson, president of the Henry L. Stimson Center.

Three Americans are killed at a Baptist missionary hospital in Yemen, and a fourth is critically wounded. Yemeni authorities have arrested a man and say an extremist cell that targets foreigners may be responsible. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports on the shootings, and NPR's Eric Weiner profiles other U.S. missionaries.

Much of the Northeast tries to return to normal after a Christmas Day nor'easter dumps record amounts of snow and shuts airports. Shelters were opened to house hundreds of holiday motorists stranded by the blizzard, which dumped up to four feet of snow. North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann reports.

The International Atomic Energy Agency says North Korea has moved nuclear fuel rods into a building housing a reactor sealed eight years ago by agreement with the United States. The plant could make weapons-grade plutonium. The White House is weighing its options. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

New York City approves changes in its budget that slashes many city services and raises property taxes by 18.5 percent -- the biggest property-tax hike in decades. Budget woes prompted Mayor Michael Bloomberg to rethink his opposition to new tax increases. Fred Mogul reports.

President Bush nominates former Penn. Governor Tom Ridge to be the first secretary of the new Department of Homeland Security. Ridge already serves as the president's homeland security adviser. Ridge will lead an agency that consolidates more than two dozen agencies and 170,000 employees. NPR's Bob Edwards speaks with Ridge.

Chief U.N. arms inspector Hans Blix gives the Security Council a preliminary assessment of Iraq's declaration concerning its weapons programs. Analysts say the Iraqi documents could provide inspectors with a valuable roadmap of where to look in Iraq for new developments in its alleged nuclear program. NPR's Vicky O'Hara and Tom Gjelten report.

U.S. military forces take control of a North Korean ship carrying Scud missiles. U.S. authorities believe the ship was headed for Yemen. Spanish naval forces intercepted the ship in the Arabian sea. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten.

A group of Roman Catholic laity is urging Cardinal Bernard Law to step down as leader of the Boston Archdiocese. The call by Voice of the Faithful comes as Law faces growing criticism on his handling of the clergy sex abuse scandal. Hear NPR's Tovia Smith.