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SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Liane Hansen speaks with NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr. chorr first met Rabin in l97l, and followed his career through good times and ad, and remembers him as a strong leader who has changed the course of Middle ast history.

Writer YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI is a senior writer for "The Jerusalem Report." He's the author of Memoirs of A Jewish Extremist: An American Story, (Little, Brown) which tells the story of his involvement with Jewish right-wing movements in the United States, and with the extremist rabbi Meir Kahane. HALEVI eventually broke away from the movement

NPR'S PETER KENYON REPORTS THE LATEST ON THE BUDGET SHOWDOWN BETWEEN PRESIDENT CLINTON AND THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS...A SHOWDOWN THAT MAY SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT. 3:30.

SCOTT'S THOUGHTS ON THE ASSASINATION OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ITZHAK RABIN LAST WEEKEND

Host Liane Hansen speaks with John McCaslin of the ashington Times newspaper about some of the topics in this past week's news, ncluding the Medicare bill, proposed tax cut, and presidential candidate Bob ole and potential candidate Colin Powell.

NPR's Mandalit Del Barco talks with a few of the stimated 46-hundred young women under the age of 27 attending the on-governmental Organizations Forum (NGO Forum) in Huairou (why-ROW), China. hese women bring a wide range of concerns to the conference - high rates of HIV nfections, sexual harrassment, unwanted pregnancies, prostitution - and they re helping to draft recommendations to pass on to the United Nations' Women's onference which starts tomorrow.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home.

LETTERS: We hear letters and comments from our listeners.

2: DENNIS DIKEN of the band The Smithereens. He's just compiled a collection of recordings by the English record producer Joe Meek. Meek's heyday was in the late 50s and early 60s, and was responsible for "the best pop to come out of pre-Beatles England." Meek committed suicide in 1966. The new CD is "It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek" (Razor & Tie Music, P.O. Box 585, Cooper Station, New York, N.Y.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with NPR reporters Sylvia oggioli in Belgrade and Andy Bowers in Sarajevo about the lastest news from the ormer Yugoslavia, and the diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the fighting here. Discussions toward a peace settlement were fostered this past week by ombing by NATO jets and artillery of Bosnian Serb strong-holds throughout the ar-torn region.

NPR'S JOANNE SILBERNER REPORTS ON A PHP, PHYSICIANS' HEALTH PLAN, SET UP BY 300 PHYSICIANS IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THAT IS ATTEMPTING TO MEET BOTH ECONOMIC AND PATIENTS' DEMANDS.... AND THE NEEDS OF TODAY'S HEALTH CARE.