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2: Interview with STEVEN JOBS continued. Music critic MILO MILES comments on the final tour of the Ramones. After the tour the group is disbanding. Also an excerpt of a 1988 interview with JOEY RAMONE.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews the film "Angels & Insects".

Relations Are deteriorating with the U.S. and there are increasingly sharp exchanges between Beijing and Taipei.

holy month of Ramadan. Religious events on the Christian and Jewish calendars are observed routinely on Capitol Hill, but this was a first for Islamic Americans. They hope to educate political leaders and the public about the teachings of Islam and try and get rid of stereotypes.

Noah talks with NPR's Martha Raddatz who was today briefed by United States intelligence officials about the continuing concern over bringing indicted war criminals to justice.

Dr. John Caronna, a professor of clinical neurology, tells Noah that the story of Gary Dockery's waking up from a 7-year coma is not entirely accurate. Medically, Dockery has maintained consciousness, but severe brain damage from a gunshot wound limited his response to stimuli. Caronna says something energized him, increasing his ability to communicate. But it's unclear if he will continue to improve or not.

Commentator Elissa Ely tells about the gentleman bandits who break parking meters on busy streets to give everyone free parking. She revels in the sense of liesure and freedom that this illegal act has afforded her, but comes to realize that these bandits can also strike when one is least prepared.

on fundamental economic issues that are expected to dominate the Presidential campaign. Although President Clinton refused to comment yesterday on results from the New Hampshire Primary, Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said Democrats are not overestimating current divisions among Republicans.

Political newcomer Steve Forbes has surprised practically everyone by stealing some of Bob Dole's limelight, and by making his call for a "flat tax" a central issue in the campaign. In this profile, NPR's Melissa Block looks at Forbes's background: how he came to inherit the fortune of his father, publisher Malcolm Forbes, and how he's run "Forbes" magazine since his father died. His editorials in the magazine have shown his fixation of some of the same issues he's stressed during the campaign (the flat tax and opposition to government regulation). As a businessman, he's changed few things put in place by his father, but "Forbes" continues to be quite successful.

Linguist GEOFF NUNBERG comments on William Safire''s recent choice of words for describing Hillary Clinton: "congenital liar."

Robert talks to poet Catherine Bowman about the work of Czeslaw Milosz, 84-year-old poet and Nobel Laureate.(8:00) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 6. RETURN TO KIKWIT. NPR's Michael Skoler visits Kikwit, Zaire almost a year after the ebola (ee-BOH-lah) epidemic broke out there. The virus appeared in May last year and is usually fatal. The epidemic was stopped but left 244 people dead. Scientists from the U-S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are testing samples of tens of thousands of insects and animals taken from the forest where the virus originated but still have not found the source. Hospital workers in Kikwit are still reluctant to treat patients, and while many people have overcome their fear of the disease, there remain superstitions and misinformation among the population.

REPORTER DEBORAH AMOS TELLS ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC'S U.N. AMBASSADOR, KAROL KOVANDA, WHOSE JOB AS SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT RECENTLY EXPIRED.