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World Music Critic, MILO MILES reviews Arab pop album "Sif Safaa: New Music From The Middle East" (Hanan, "Ya Leyl A'' ah").

Critic Bob Mondello chronicles the influence that the atomic bomb has had on Hollywood movies. Some movies plots have shown the drama of narrowly-averting nuclear war, others have depicted the aftereffects of a bomb, and yet others have poked fun at the cold war.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH SENATOR JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ), MEMBER OF THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE LEE HAMILTON (D-IN), RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, ABOUT THE DIVISIONS OVER U.S. POLICY IN BOSNIA.

CROATIA: THE THREAT OF A WIDER WAR IN THE NATIONS THAT ONCE WERE PART OF YUGOSLAVIA SEEMS MORE REAL THIS MORNING. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S MIKE SHUSTER IN ZAGREB, CROATIA.

Reporter Jyl Hoyt from member station KBSU reports on plans by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce grizzly bears into areas of central Idaho. But the local population is divided over the issue.

Danny talks with psychotherapist Robert Akeret, author of Tales from a Traveling Couch (Norton Books). The book is Akeret's personal account of re-visiting former patients to see how their lives have developed over many years. And to ask himself whether or not therapy made any significant difference in their lives.

DEBBIE ELLIOTT REPORTS ON THE DILEMMA FACING POOR STATES SUCH AS ALABAMA AS A RESULT OF CONGRESS' DOWNSIZING OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND CUTS OF FEDERAL FUNDS WHICH REPRESENT A SIZEABLE PORTION OF STATE BUDGETS.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Conor O'Clery, Washington orrespondent for the Irish Times newspaper, about the current state of the eace process in Northern Ireland, the one-year anniversary for the official easefire in the troubled region, and Gerry Adams, head of the political wing of he I.R.A., who will be in Washington this week.

For the holiday weekend, some statistics for the road.

Michael visits the Library of Congress here in Washington D.C. On display thru the Fourth of July weekend are the actual drafts of the Decleration of Independance made by thomas Jefferson. It's the first time the actual pieces of paper, corrections and all, have been shown in public. He also talks with History professor Joseph Ellis of Mt. Holyoke College about what Jefferson thought of all the tinkering that happend with HIS version of the Decleration of Independance.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the worst single ship isaster in the history of the U.S. Navy. The USS Indianapolis, after dropping ff the atomic bomb, was torpedoed in the South Pacific. 1,100 men were thrown nto the water, but no rescue operations were mounted, due to bureaucratic issteps. For five days, the men battled sharks, fatigue, fear and sunstroke efore they were finally spotted and picked up. Only 316 survived. Afterwards, he captain of the ship was court-martialed and publicly humiliated. He ventually committed suicide. We hear from Jim O'Donnell, one of the remaining urvivors of the Indianapolis, and Dan Kurzman, author of "Fatal Voyage, The inking of the USS Indianapolis." (MacMillan & Pocket Books).

Daniel talks with John Matisonn, former NPR correspondent in South Africa, who's now a commissioner with that country's Independent Broadcasting Authority. They discuss how the growth of private radio stations in South Africa has fostered the development of democracy there.