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The Clinton administration has mounted an intensive campaign to win U.S. Senate approval of the International Chemical Weapons Convention. But a small, determined group of Senators and lobbyists have successfully blocked the treaty...for now. NPR's Ted Clark reports.

President Clinton is expected to announce his new choice to head the Central Intelligence Agency soon, following Anthony Lake's decision not to continue in the confirmation process for that position. The leading candidate seems to be acting CIA director George Tenet. NPR's Martha Raddatz reports.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports from Helsinki, Finland, where Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin have ended their summit. The two men reached agreements on nuclear weapons and Russia's involvement in world economic institutions, but agreed to disagree on NATO expansion into eastern and central Europe.

NPR John Ydstie reports one of the first challenges President Elect Bush and his top advisors will likely face is how to restart the stalled US economy. Bush has said a tax cut is the solution. Some experts disagree.

The Chilean Supreme Court has delayed the questioning of General Augusto Pinochet. In its ruling, the court said medical tests are first needed to determine whether the former Chilean dictator is fit to stand trial. The tests must be conducted in the next 20 days. James Reynolds reports from Santiago for the BBC.

From member station WBGO Andrew Meyer reports that five police officers in Orange, New Jersey have been found guilty of civil rights violations in the beating and pepper-spraying of a man wrongly suspected of killing a officer.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports that France is investigating its responsibility for the fall of Srebrenica during the war in Bosnia. About eight thousand Muslim men and boys were killed. The Muslim enclave was under the protection of UN peacekeeping forces, which was then commanded by a French general.

James Rey of member station WAMU reports the small community of Friendship Heights, Maryland has enacted a law banning smoking in public places. Smokers say the resent the intrusion, but the mayor says the new law is necessary.

NPR's Chris Arnold reports from San Francisco on the bust of the dot-com industry. Internet entrepreneurs who made millions as web companies grew are now facing layoffs and the loss of stock option fortunes.

From Tampa Bobbie O'Brien reports on Janet Reno's decision to release Palestinian Mazen Al-Najjar who has been held in the U.S. without charges for more than three years.