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President Bush tells the U.N. General Assembly that his decision to go to war in Iraq has made the world safer. Bush stresses U.S. humanitarian efforts around the globe and urges the international community to join the war on terrorism. Hear NPR's Vicky O'Hara.

Fannie Mae's Franklin Raines retires as CEO, and Timothy Howard resigns as CFO of the mortgage giant. This comes a few weeks after the Securities and Exchange Commission told Fannie Mae to restate its earnings, which could force the company to record a loss of as much as $9 billion. Hear NPR's Jack Speer.

An attack on a U.S. military base in Mosul takes a high toll. NPR's Michele Norris gets a firsthand account from Jeremy Redmon, a reporter with the Richmond Times-Dispatch who is embedded with the 276th Engineer Battalion, a Virginia National Guard unit stationed at the base.

Chief Justice William Rehnquist hears oral arguments for the first time since announcing in October that he'd been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The first argument Rehnquist heard was one testing liability in attacks on those who have gotten restraining orders.

A Defense Department official says insurgent attacks against Iraqis and U.S.-led forces are up 25 percent since Ramadan began last week. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, also said insurgents receive some funds from outside Iraq. Hear NPR's Eric Westervelt.

Federal researchers say the painkiller naproxen, sold over the counter as Aleve, has been linked with a 50-percent higher risk of heart attacks and strokes. Arthritis sufferers have been switching to naproxen after warnings that the drug Celebrex also carries added risk of heart attack and stroke. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposes major changes to the world body. The reforms would expand the Security Council and keep countries that violate human rights off the Human Rights Commission.

Republicans on a House comittee say they want to begin a preliminary investigation of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX). But Democrats seem unlikely to accept the inquiry until new, lenient ethics rules are revised. They say new rules put in place by the GOP leadership were designed to protect DeLay.

A Mississippi jury convicts former Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen of manslaughter for his role in the deaths of three voter registration workers in 1964. The guilty verdict was rendered on the 41st anniversary of the murders in Philadelphia, Miss.

At the United Nations, President Bush defends his decision to go to war in Iraq and calls on the international community to help in reconstruction. But some member countries and Secretary-General Kofi Annan still question the legitimacy of the U.S.-led war. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.