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Daniel talks with NPR's David Welna about the crackdwon on the Zapitista rebels in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The Mexican government announced this week that because talks between the Zapitistas and the government have broken down, the government has decided to arrest the leaders of the group.

Puzzle master Will Shortz challenges listeners to puzzles and word ames. 8:13 This week's on-air player lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and listens to

NPR'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST DANIEL SCHORR TALKS WITH SENATOR ORRIN HATCH (R-UT), AND DR. LAURA D'ANDREA TYSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS, ABOUT PRESIDENT CLINTON'S BUDGET AND THE PROSPECTS FOR A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.

Daniel talks with Greg Pearson, Director of the newly opened National Bowling Stadium in Reno Nevada. The American Bowling Congress celebrates its 100th anniversary this weekend. In conjunction with the opening of the Stadium, 90-thousand bowlers are in Reno and Pearson talks about the status of the sport of Bowling. 3:30 Funding Credit (:29) Cross Promo (:29) Station Break Forward Promo (:29) Headlines

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR REPORTER MARIA HINOJOSA ABOUT HER NEW BOOK "CREWS - GANG MEMBERS TALK TO MARIA HINOJOSA" PUBLISHED BY HARCOURT BRACE & COMPANY.

Daniel talks to Laurie Garrett, author of the book, "The Coming Plague." She says that there are more antibiotic-resistant microbes and diseases that resist conventional medications now than ever before, and that they are spreading rapidly throughout the world because people and goods are travelling more than ever.

With all the talk of the possible role private orphanages ould play in easing the burden on the American welfare system, NPR's Linda radstein has found a possible alternative overseas -- she sends us this report rom Jerusalem.

Daniel talks to the mayor of Puyallup, Washington, Mike Deal, who was forced to drop an anti-smoking initiative when area restaurants, backed by the major tobacco companies sued him and his city council. Deal says the council realized there were other pressing needs for the city.

"New York Times" defense correspondent MICHAEL GORDON and retired Marine Corps General BERNARD TRAINOR. They have collaborated on a book about the Persian Gulf war, "The General's War: The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf." ( Little, Brown) The book examines why the war was "an incomplete success.

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NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports on local reaction to the ecent building boom in the capital city of Hanoi, Vietnam. Many residents are p-in-arms about current threats to the city's antiquity and physical beauty, nd some are organizing to put a hold on the spurt of modern growth and xpanison.

NPR foreign correspondent TOM GJELTEN (jell-ton) has a new book, "Sarajevo Daily: a city and its newspaper under siege." During the height of the Serbian siege on Sarajevo the city was in ruins but one symbol of hope remained constant for its people, Oslobodjenje (Oh-slo-bo-JANE-ya), the city's multi-ethnic daily newspaper. When the siege began the paper's editor vowed, "As long as Sarajevo exists this paper will publish everyday." Gjelten uses the paper as a backdrop for his book in order to look at the larger issue of the war torn country and its people. GJELTEN was the Eastern and Central European correspondent for NPR from September1990 to December 1993. (GJELTEN INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO SEGMENT