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Ariel Sharon says he intends to stay on as Israeli prime minister despite the collapse of the coalition government he heads. Labor Party representatives resigned in a dispute over the budget. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Authorities detain more than 200 Haitians, who abandoned their ship near the island suburb of Key Biscayne after their 50-foot wooden freighter ran aground. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.

The climate pattern known as La Niña generally brings winters that are drier and warmer than usual across the southern U.S. and cooler and wetter in the northern part of the country.

Three men are accused of trying to trade heroin and hashish for stinger missiles, which they intended to sell to al Qaeda. And members of a Colombian paramilitary group are accused of trying to buy $25 million worth of weapons. NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

Rep. Martin Frost (D-TX) announces he will run to succeed Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) as House minority leader. Gephardt said Wednesday he's giving up the post. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is also expected to run for minority leader. NPR News reports.

Congress returns this week, with shell-shocked Democrats still reeling from their election losses. The lame duck session will be more active than usual, with a newly empowered President Bush pushing his agenda. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Janet Hook, congressional correspondent for the Los Angeles Times.

Health officials prepare to vaccinate millions of Americans against smallpox following last week's revelation that four nations have been stockpiling the virus. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

As the Chinese Communist Party Congress meets at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, anti-government protests result in arrests at Tiananmen Square. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR's Rob Gifford.

Iraq is studying a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on it to disarm or face "serious consequences." The U.N. panel set a seven-day deadline to comply, and ordered new arms inspections. Hear more from NPR's Kate Seelye and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Iraq says it is considering a U.N. Security Council resolution ordering Saddam Hussein's regime to disarm or face "serious consequences." Meanwhile, tens out thousands turn out in Florence, Italy, for an anti-war protest. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.