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Election workers are working around the clock in Baghdad's heavily fortified "green zone," counting the votes from Sunday's election. Results are expected in a few days. The unofficial leader in the poll is the United Iraqi Alliance, a collation of Shiites, followed by Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's slate.

Entire towns and villages have disappeared from the coast of the Indonesian province of Aceh at the tip of Sumatra, one of the hardest-hit areas of last week's earthquake and tsunami. Estimates of the number of dead continue to rise, and countless thousands of survivors are in desperate need of food, medicine and potable water. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

The Federal Reserve raises a key short-term interest rate another quarter of a point, in an attempt to keep inflation under control as the economy continues to show signs of improvement. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

U.S. forces continue to encounter sporadic resistance from insurgents holed up in several parts of the city, and efforts to administer supplies to civilians have been hampered by the appearance of suspected insurgents at aid sites. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

Margaret Spellings is chosen to replace Rod Paige as secretary of education. She has been a key adviser to President Bush on education policy since his time as governor of Texas. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

Next week, Deputy Director of Intelligence Jami Miscik will step down. Her departure marks the completion of an almost total overhaul of CIA senior staff since the arrival of new Director Porter Goss.

Despite a fierce firefight early Sunday, no major violence occurred in the Sunni Triangle. In northern Iraq, Kurdish voters cast two ballots: one for the National Assembly and one for the creation of an independent region Kurdistan. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.

Secretary of State Colin Powell has resigned from President Bush's Cabinet, according to State Department officials. Powell is said to be planning to stay at the agency until his successor is confirmed.

Military hearings begin for foreign-born detainees at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The hearings come after a U.S. Supreme Court decision in July that allowed prisoners to challenge their detentions. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.

One week after a tsunami killed tens of thousands in coastal areas of Indonesia's northern Aceh province, relief workers are only beginning to make headway. The scale of the disaster, and the need for aid, is staggering -- there are no vehicles to carrying needed supplies, and aid workers fear mass starvation if food supplies aren't distributed in the next several days. NPR's Adam Davidson reports.