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On today's newscast: the city of Aspen and Pitkin County have agreed to help fund Roaring Fork Safe Passages’ efforts to reduce vehicle collisions with wildlife; a post-apocalyptic musical about the water crisis makes its debut in Aspen today with a drag queen taking center stage; Colorado's cash-for-gas-guzzlers program is getting a big infusion of cash after a successful first year; and more.

On today's newscast: Pitkin County is considering a ban on short-term rentals in rural and remote areas, APCHA is launching a “right-sizing” pilot program next month, Garfield County commissioners support the Uinta Basin Railway with some caveats, a show at the Aspen Chapel Gallery is raising funds for reproductive health care, and more.

On Thursday in Tanzania, the bodies of 14 United Nations peacekeepers killed last week in Democratic Republic of the Congo have been honored in a ceremony.

The North Korean dictator hasn't been seen in more than a month, leading to speculation he might have been deposed or is merely indisposed.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone is testing the UN's ability to carry out such operations. Yesterday, the Security Council approved another two months for the 13-thousand member force and tabled Secretary General Kofi Annan's proposal to increase the number of UN peacekeepers deployed in Sierra Leone. The UN operation there has proven to be costly and dangerous.

President Clinton is among 150 heads of state gathered in New York City for the UN Millennium Summit. It's the largest gathering of world leaders in history. NPR's Ann Garrels reports.

Secretary of State Colin Powell delivers detailed evidence against Saddam Hussein to the U.N. Security Council. He lists ways the U.S. says Iraq is continuing to violate U.N. resolutions against weapons development -- and details charges that Iraq has aided terrorists. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with analysts Jessica Tuchman Mathews, president of the Carnegie Endowment and with Judith Yaphe, Senior Fellow at the National Defense University.

Among the most heard and least recognized players at the United Nations General Assembly session were the interpreters.

Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, has resigned from her post.

While cybercrime is a problem around the world, agreeing on a definition on the international stage has been a huge challenge. That's plainly been on display at the United Nations recently.