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NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY SPEAKS WITH RECENTLY RELEASED BURMESE DISSIDENT AUNG SAN SUU KYI (ong sahn SOO chee) AT HER LAKESIDE HOME IN RANGOON ABOUT HER DETENTION AND HER STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY.

(B): More from WALTER MOSLEY. He followed up his first Easy Rawlins book with another, Black Betty. Betty's a shark of a woman who leaves dead men in her wake. Like the other books in the series, Black Betty has Easy in post-War, but pre-present South Central L.A.--this time the year is 1961. MOSLEY gained public attention when then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton said that MOSLEY was his favorite mystery writer. (REBROADCAST from 5/

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that early this morning the Senate Finance Committee approved the Republican's plan to overhaul medicare and medicaid. The legislation now goes to the Senate floor. The plan calls for senior citizens to pay more in medicare premiums and deductions, and also lets states use block grant to run medicaid, which serves poor women and children and elderly in nursing homes. The Republicans say their plan would reap billions of dollars in savings, thereby saving medicare. President Clinton today said the Republican plan is ill-considered and goes too far.

Daniel talks to Andy Pasztor, author of the book, "When the Pentagon was for Sale," about corruption in the Pentagon during the Regan presidency. He describes Pentagon officials who routinely directed defense contracts to their friends and took kickbacks for inside information about possible defense contracts.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in the news this ast week, including Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister itzhak Rabin, President Bill Clinton, OJ Simpson defense attorney Johnny ochran, and Simpson prosecutors Christopher Darden and Marcia Clark.

(A) Writer WALTER MOSLEY. This interview took place after the publication of his book, Devil With A Blue Dress, a hard boiled detective story about a black gumshoe, Easy Rawlins, up against white prejudice. It's just been made into a film starring Denzel Washington. (REBROADCAST from 6

NPR's Lynn Neary reports that alien life forms are invading the nation's harbors and coastal waterways as a result of ballast water discharges from visiting ships.

Daniel visits Los Angeles County's General Hospital. A billion dollar budget shortfall will force the county later this month to layoff thousands of health care providers. The hospital is the largest public hospital in the nation and hundreds of thousands of people without health insurance will end up with no place to go.

A "sound portrait" of a "barn-storming" air show in rural Virginia. e hear from the pilots and planes that make up this uniquely American elebration of flight.

Daniel talks to Natalie Angier, author of "The Beauty of the Beastly." She says that the phrase "busy as a bee" is a misstatement, because most of the time, bees are resting.

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