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After 10 years of authoritarian rule, Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori announced that he is stepping down. The statement announcing Fujimori's imminent resignation came from the leader's ancestral homeland of Japan, which he is currently visiting. John Miller reports from Peru.

The Bush campaign is arguing before the Florida state Supreme Court today that hand recounts are biased and imprecise. But the vote-counters who have spent long hours examining ballots are more confident in their results. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on the workers whose efforts are at the center of the national attention.

The issue of manual recounts went before the seven justices of Florida's State Supreme Court yesterday. Lawyers for both George W. Bush and Al Gore made their arguments on whether manual recounts in three counties can be added to the state's certified vote tally. NPR's Melissa Block reports.

Jason DeRose of Chicago Public Radio reports on the outlook for airline travel during the holiday season. Bargain tickets are expected to be scarce and flights full. Labor problems loom at several major airlines: pilots are dissatisfied at Delta, US Air, and Continental; mechanics are unhappy at Northwest and United; and flight attendants are grumbling at American and United.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports from the White House on how the transition from the current administration to the next administration is proceeding. The General Services Administration has refused to release federal transition funds to the Bush campaign because the outcome of the election is still unclear. But in the meantime, White House staff and agency heads are putting together information for their successors.

NPR's Anne Hawke reports Florida's overseas absentee ballots have until 5pm today to reach election officials. Otherwise they won't be counted. But the role these ballots will play in deciding the presidential election is no longer clear due to the legal battles over votes cast in the state on Election Day.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports from Hanoi that President Clinton was welcomed to Vietnam today under a towering picture of the late Vietnamese chairman Ho Chi Minh, the architect of America's defeat there 25 years ago. The President's first day in Vietnam was devoted to promoting his them that it was time for Americans to relate to Vietnam as a nation, not a war.

NPR's Robert Gifford reports from Beijing that China is watching the US election standoff with a mixture of fascination and amusement. While officially the Chinese have avoided criticizing U.S. Democracy, some of the young in the street have found it good fodder for jokes.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from New Delhi that India's most famous movie star, 72-year-old Rajumar, has been released by his kidnapper after 107 days of captivity. Rajumar had been kidnapped last July by India's most notorious outlaw, Veerapan.

NPR's Melissa Block reports from Brighton Beach in New York, where, like many other places around the country, the presidential election is the topic of conversation. But these particular voters are Holocaust survivors who say the Democratic process is something they are willing to wait for. (4:51