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European foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss how to work together with the Obama administration after eight years of chilly trans-Atlantic relations. One issue to decide is whether to accept detainees released from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Retired Rear Adm. John Hutson, a former judge advocate general, has been a vocal critic of prisoner abuse. He discusses President Obama's decision to suspend military commissions at Guantanamo Bay and ultimately to close the facility.

As promised, President Barack Obama signed an executive order Friday rescinding the policy that since 2001 has barred U.S. financial aid to international family planning groups that "perform or promote" abortion.

The head of the University of California system is hoping to convince more low income students that they can afford the schools. He's proposing some additional financial aid to help with fees. Jenny

With a stroke of a pen, President Obama issued an executive order to shutter the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year. Now come the details: how the closing will happen, and where the detainees will go next.

The president has moved quickly to put an early stamp on his presidency by wielding the power of executive order, and the nation's capital is rife with speculation about what other significant Bush administration policies he may reverse or modify in coming days.

More than 14,000 candidates are running in Iraq's provincial elections scheduled for the end of the month. It's the first time since 2005 that Iraqis are going to the polls. If the process isn't seen as legitimate, Iraq's fragile democracy could be threatened.

San Diego Coastkeeper and Surfrider Foundation are expected to sign a cooperative agreement Wednesday with the City of San Diego to work on recycling wastewater into drinking water. KPBS Environmental

"Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America -- they will be met," President Barack Obama said in his inaugural address.

The inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States has brought a sense of hope and possibility. NPR reporters offer updates on the mood in Kenya, Iraq and elsewhere on Inauguration Day.