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Michael talks with Judge Hiller Zobel - who sits on the Massachusetts Superior Court - about the history of jury trials. Zobel says that even though juries have come under a lot of scrutiny in recent high profile trials, he believes a jury system is still the best available. And that any alternative that would grant more power to judges to decide cases would not be in the best interest of justice.

After a chaotic week of NATO air raids, Bosnian Serb attacks on esignated "safe areas," and the abduction of United Nations peacekeepers by erb soldiers, host Liane Hansen speaks with NPR reporter Andy Bowers in arajevo about the most recent developments.

Actor Richard Bauer reads excerpts from John Hersey's "Hiroshima," an account of six survivors of the atomic bombing of that city. "Hiroshima" was originally an entire issue of THE NEW YORKER magazine (August 1, 1946) and was later published in book form.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY REPORTS ON THE THE DEBATE NOW GOING ON IN JAPAN ON WHETHER PARLIAMENT OUGHT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE NATION'S ROLE IN WORLD WAR II.

This weekend, students from around the country came to the ation's capital to compete in the "Project Earth" Eco Fair. The national ompetition is sponsored to encourage 4th through 12th graders to think of ways o improve the environment. Host Liane Hansen attended the event, and spoke to ome of this year's contestants.

Daniel talks with journalist Gersh Kuntzman who has investigated the origins of what is now an international gesture....the HIGH 5.

THIS WEEKEND, THE NEW YORK EDITION OF NEWSDAY CLOSES DOWN TOMORROW...ANOTHER VICTIM OF NEW YORK'S NEWSPAPER WARS. NPR'S BROOKE GLADSTONE REPORTS.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with psychoanalyst Jeffrey asson and biologist Susan McCarthy about their new book, WHEN ELEPHANTS WEEP: HE EMOTIONAL LIVES OF ANIMALS (Delcorte Press, 1995).

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Israel on the growing worries ver the pending implementation of Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank. egotiations between the Israel and Palestinian governments continue, and the etails of the Israeli pull-out still need to be finalized.

HOST ALEX CHADWICK VISITS PANAMA, WHERE SCIENTISTS ARE DEVELOPING NEW TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING THE FORESTS WITH LARGE-SCALE STUDY SITES, MORE THAN 100 ACRES, THAT ARE LEADING TO NEW INSIGHTS ABOUT HOW THESE COMPLEX ECOSYSTEMS WORK.