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A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including NATO spokesperson Lt. Col. Janice Witt; President Bill Clinton nd UN Spokesperson Colin Murphy commenting on NATO's military action against erb rebels in Bosnia; and LA Detective Mark Furhman, Prosecutor Marcia Clark nd Judge Lance Ito on the OJ Simpson trial.

This past week, Russian and American scientists announced they had definitely identified the remains of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas the Second, and his family. The final i.d. came as the result of DNA testing. Jackie talks about the Tsar...and his bones...with Robert K. Massie...author of Nicholas and Alexandra.

NPR'S TOM GJELTEN REPORTS ON EFFORTS BY THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT U.N. PEACEKEEPERS IN BOSNIA, AND EXAMINES WHETHER THE U.N. MISSION IS WORTH SAVING.

Thirty years ago today, the nation underwent a health care revolution when President Johnson signed the Medicare bill into law. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on the impact Medicare has had on the health of America's elderly.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI IN GENEVA ABOUT A SOMEWHAT CONTRADICTORY PLAN FOR PEACE REACHED YESTERDAY THAT WOULD BOTH DIVIDE AND UNIFY BOSNIA.

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Michael talks with Emory Univeristy political science professor Merle Black and his brother, Rice University professor Earl Black about this past week's Supreme Court decision barring race-based congressional districts. Both say the decision could result in fewer minority members of Congress and a continued erosion of Democratic Party support in the South.

Anne-Elise Henzl (ann-aleez HEN-zull) of Milwaukee member tation W-U-W-M visited the Circus World Museum in Baraboro (BARE-uh-boo), isconsin, where visitors can experience the musical history of the travelling ircus.

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SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH AUTHOR TAD SZULC (SHULTZ), FORMER CORRESPONDENT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK "POPE JOHN PAUL II - THE BIOGRAPHY," PUBLISHED BY SIMON AND SCHUSTER.

TODAY BEING CANADA DAY, ALEX CHADWICK LOOKS AT A PROBLEM THAT CANADIANS SHARE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS SOUTH OF THE BORDER - A NATIONAL ANTHEM WHOSE WORDS ARE HARD TO REMEMBER:

For years, squatters have been living in abandoned buildings in New York's East Village and Lower East Side. In spite of the risk that one day they could be forced out, squatters have often improved the buildings dramatically, investing time and money in an effort to create a home. Recently however, the New York City police department launched a large raid on several squats, forcing the residents out. While the city argues these buildings had been illegally co-opted, the squatters argue the law protects their rights as homesteaders. Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports that now the matter has gone to court.