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Kurt Waldheim, the former U.N. secretary-general and Austrian president, has died at 88. His tenure as Austria's president was tainted by revelations that he had concealed his service in the German army in Greece during World War II, at a time when the Nazis committed numerous war crimes.

U.N. inspectors are in North Korea to verify the shutdown and sealing of the country's main nuclear facility at Yongbyon. Pyongyang says it shut the country's sole operating nuclear reactor after receiving an initial shipment of oil from South Korea.

President Bush swiftly condemned North Korea's reported nuclear weapons test, saying the United States would hold North Korea "fully accountable for the consequences of such action." Meanwhile, the U.N. Security Council began drafting a resolution that could lead to further sanctions against North Korea.

Israel's military attack on Hamas in the Gaza Strip entered its third week as air and ground forces attacked more than 50 targets overnight and Saturday. Fierce fighting continues as both sides ignore a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.

Members of Iraq's U.S.-appointed governing council are resisting plans to establish an interim government that would supplant the council when sovereignty is transferred in Iraq at the end of June. Some members of the council are sharply critical of U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who has been given the lead role in setting up the interim government. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

By Jim GendronBuffalo, NY – Lately, there's been a lot of talk about the failure so far of the U.S. to locate the Weapons of Mass Destruction that served…

Gustavo Perez Firmat is a Cuban-American who writes novels, memoirs, poetry, and academic works in both Spanish and English. "But I have the feeling that I'm not fluent in either one," he says. "Words fail me in both of them."

In a speech to the U.N., Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defends his country's right to "a peaceful" nuclear program. He calls the U.S. a bullying, arrogant power that is misusing the Security Council.

The reptile lived in oceans between 247 million and 249 million years ago. It was as big as a whale, with a dolphin's narrow snout, no teeth and a jaw that it could sort of un-hinge while feeding.

Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza, many living without sanitation, adequate food or water. Now, tents and materials to make shelters are in short supply, and prices are soaring.