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Jacki discusses the latest events in Bosnia with NPR's Andy Bowers in Sarajevo and NPR's Sylvia Poggioli in Belgrade. Today, the top UN general in the former Yugoslavia met with the Bosnian Serb military leader. They tried, but failed, to work out an arrangement for the Serbs to withdraw their heavy weapons from Sarajevo. Meanwhile, NATO officials met in Brussels to consider whether to resume military attacks against the Serbs.

Jacki talks to Richard Slotkin, author of the book "Gunfighter Nation, the Myth of the Frontier in 20th Century America," (HarperPerennial) about the prevalence of violence in American culture since the first settlers landed here.

Deidre Berger reports on the past week's events in the North Sea, where Shell Oil changed it's plans to dump an oil rig in the ocean, after protests from Greenpeace.

NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS ON THE CONSTRUCTION MADNESS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE IN THE SUBURBS OF MOSCOW.

SPORTS: HOST ALEX CHADWICK DISCUSSES WITH WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT THE LOCK-OUT OF NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYERS, THAT WENT INTO EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING. 4:00 2. CHADWICK/HOCKENBERRY: HOST ALEX CHADWICK SPEAKS WITH ABC AND FORMER NPR CORRESPONDENT JOHN HOCKENBERRY ABOUT HIS MEMOIR "MOVING VIOLATIONS: WAR ZONES, WHEELCHAIRS & DECLARATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE" PUBLISHED BY HYPERION PRESS/LITTLE, BROWN.

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.