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NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Tirana, Albania, on the eerie calm that has taken over the capital. Most residents are waiting to see if President Sali Berisha (solly buh-REESH-uh) will respond to an ultimatum that he resign...an ultimatum that comes from rebels in the southern part of the country. In Tirana, armed police are trying to recover control of the airport in order to re-open it tomorrow. Other cities in Albania are still terrorized by armed gangs. One report said most court houses have been burned or damaged, the judicial files burned. Nearly all the country's jails have been destroyed and the prisoners freed.

Several hundred people, including many current and retired FBI agents, marched to the White House today, voicing their strong opposition to a petition for executive clemency that has reached President Clinton's desk. The petition request is for Native American activist Leonnard Peltier who is serving two life terms for the killing of two FBI agents at Pine Ridge 25 years ago. Over the years, Peltier has become a cause celebre who supporters believe he did not commit the crimes and that he has become a scapegoat. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports the presidency is not the only thing Washington is waiting on. The other big question is what is going to happen on Capitol Hill. The unprecedented 50-50 senate is debating how much control each party will have and the house is turning over a large number of chairmen who have completed their terms. Normally, these positions would go to members of the party in power, but that has yet to be decided. For staffers this means it won't be time to unpack the boxes for a while and for Americans it means it will be a while before their Congress gets to work.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill has resigned, and will leave office within weeks. O'Neill has been a chief adviser to President Bush on the flagging economy. Senior White House economic adviser Larry Lindsey is also expected to give up his post. Hear more from NPR's Bob Edwards and NPR's John Ydstie.

President Bush readies executive orders implementing much-debated elements of his "faith-based initiatives." One permits charities to use religious affiliation in hiring decisions. Another gives some charity food programs a better shot at federal money. Jim Towey, who directs the White House's faith-based efforts, speaks with NPR's Juan Williams.

President Elect George W. Bush named two of his top campaign aides to new jobs today, completing the transfer of his "Texas Iron Triangle" from Austin to Washington. Senior strategist Karl Rove will become senior adviser to Bush in the White House, where he will handle public liaison and strategy as well as politics. Joe Allbaugh, who has been Bush's campaign manager, will become the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Don Gonyea reports from Austin.

President Bush is devoting his second week in office to promoting the role of non-governmental organizations in providing social services. The President contends that religious and community groups often do a better job at meeting human needs and should have access to public funding. Today, Mr. Bush laid out a few more details of his program and visited a private vocational school in Washington D.C. NPR's White House correspondent Don Gonyea reports.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including President Bill Clinton, delivering his farewell address; White House spokesman Jake Siewert and Independent Counsel Robert Ray; Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft and Senator Ted Kennedy (Democrat, Massachusetts); Interior Secretary-designate Gale Norton and Senator Jeff Bingaman (Democrat, New Mexico); Chief Justice William Rehnquist swearing in President George W. Bush.

A former writer for the sit-com Full House, Diana Darby now writes music that stands in stark contrast to her fluffy assignments of the past. Her tales of spousal abuse and adolescent alienation are delivered with a last-gasp breathiness that seems both confessional and foreboding. Frank talks with Darby about her new CD, Naked Time, and the relationships that inspired this haunting work. (11:00) (NOTE: Diana Darby's CD Naked Time is available through Delmore Recordings, catalog # 018. Her website is http://www.dianadarb

Host Bob Edwards talks with Karen O'Connor, political science professor and director of the Women and Politics Institute at American University, about widows appointed to Congress in place of their deceased husbands. Jean Carnahan said she would represent Missouri in the US Senate, if her late husband, Mel Carnahan, gets the most votes on Tuesday, and the acting governor appoints her. 44 widows have served in the House and Senate since the 1920s.