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California governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger says one of his priorities is to tackle the state's budget deficit. He says he will have the state's financial records audited. NPR's John McChesney reports.

In the second of a two-part Radio Expeditions series, NPR's Christopher Joyce visits Patagonia, Argentina, to see how the region's animals are faring in their competition with humans.

There's a new $20 bill and it's not all green. Host Lynn Neary talks with Thomas Ferguson, director of the Bureau of Engraving & Printing about the new bill, being introduced Tuesday.

Host Liane Hansen talks with Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the post-war occupation of Iraq and a potential change in U.S. policy toward Iraq.

President Bush will meet with NATO Secretary General George Robertson to discuss the rift between the United States and several European countries over Iraq. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

Chad is battling a rebellion that it says neighboring Sudan is sponsoring. The rebels are attempting to end the nearly 16-year rule of Chad's president. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Donald Yamamoto is visiting Chad this week to discuss insecurity in the central African country.

Women's figure skating got under way at the Winter Olympics in Turin on Tuesday. American Sasha Cohen came in first place after the short program, but only slightly ahead of Russian Irina Slutskaya, the reigning world champion.

Clashes between Sunni and Shiite Muslims continue in Iraq despite a curfew that has been extended for 24 more hours. There are efforts by both sides to stem the violence, which flared in earnest after the bombing of a Shiite Mosque in Samarra.

President Bush speaks with leaders of Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish political parties today, urging them to head off full-scale civil war in Iraq. Meanwhile, troops are on patrol as a curfew falls on Baghdad and other areas.

Belarus voters are expected to re-elect President Alexander Lukashenko Sunday. His opponents call for street demonstrations if voting irregularities emerge. U.S. officials acccuse Lukashenko of human rights abuses.