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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with researcher Andrew Lebovich about the aftermath of the coup in Niger, where leaders of the military say they will prosecute the country's deposed president for treason.

The Israeli city of Ashkelon has been the target of rocket fire from Gaza. Guy Raz talks with Ashkelon resident Sigal Ariely about this week's escalated attacks.

There's high demand by Cubans to research their ancestry with help from U.S.-based genealogy buffs. If they can tie it to Spain, it means a way off the island.

Opposition supporters riot in Kenya after President Mwai Kibaki names new members to his cabinet, ending hopes of negotiations for power-sharing with Raila Odinga. Almost 500 people have died since the election Dec. 27 returned Kibaki to power. He is accused of stealing the election.

President Bush is in New Orleans for the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. He and wife Laura Bush are expected to mark the day at a New Orleans charter school and at a community center in Mississippi. Officials continue to bicker over who's to blame in the aftermath of the storm.

A Haitian businessman who lives in Petionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, says he stood in line for 8 hours to get gasoline. Still, says Pierre Brisson, who was interviewed last week on All Things Considered, he considers himself among the lucky ones.

The heavy snow in the mid-Atlantic region has paralyzed Washington. The city has received record-setting snow, and the federal government has been closed as a result. Joe Davidson, the Federal Diary columnist for The Washington Post, discusses the work that's not getting done by the federal government due to weather.

There are ongoing negotiations over raising the debt ceiling but little progress on immigration reform.

An early heat wave took hold Saturday in parts of the Pacific Northwest, with temperatures nearing or breaking records in some areas and heat advisories in place through Monday.

What was the negotiating recipe that led to the debt ceiling deal reached over the weekend? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Kenneth Feinberg, a nationally recognized mediation attorney.