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Barbara Plett reports from Cairo on reaction from the Arab ommunity on Rabin's death.

Liane speaks Michael Hudson, porfessor of International Studies and rab Relations at Georgetown University about the assassination of Israeli Prime inister Yitzhak Rabin and it's impact.

Delegates at the United Nations met last week to discuss he creation of a permanent international criminal court. But NPR's Trevor Rowe ROH) reports that the U-S is skeptical about the idea.

ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUES FACING CONGRESS UPON ITS RETURN AFTER LABOR DAY IS THE FUTURE OF MEDICARE. WHILE REPUBLICANS SAY THEY ARE COMMITTED TO REFORMING THE PROGRAM IN ORDER TO SAVE IT, DEMOCRATS ACCUSE THEM OF MISLEADING THE PUBLIC. NPR'S PATRICIA NEIGHMOND REPORTS ON A TOWN MEETING SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN BILL THOMAS.

WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY CELEBRATES 10 YEARS ON THE AIR.

LIANE HANSEN

THE WEEK AHEAD IS PROCLAIMED "BANNED BOOKS WEEK" BY THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION...AND SCOTT SIMON HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT "LITERARY CLASSICS."

Jacki speaks with Representative Donald Payne

Jacki speaks with Don Wetzel, inventor of the Automatic Teller Machine about his invention. This week the Smithsonian Institution added an ATM machine to it's collection of 20th century artifacts. Wetzel says that last year alone, more than 8-billion transactions were conducted using ATM's.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews The Education of a Woman: The Life of Gloria Steinem, by Carolyn Heilbrun (Dial Publishing).REV. Linguist GEOFF NUNBERG considers the movement to make English the official language.

NPR'S PATRICIA NEIGHMOND REPORTS ON THE RELEASE THIS WEEK OF THE REPUBLICANS' PLAN TO REFORM THE MEDICARE SYSTEM, AND ON YESTERDAY'S PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT HOW AND WHETHER THEIR PLAN WOULD WORK.