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Michael and NPR's David Welna update the situation in Mexico, where talks between the government and Zapatista rebels adjourned this week.

Michael talks with Frank Vardanega about today's Wimbledon mens singles championship between American Pete Sampras, and Boris Becker from Germany. After losing the first set, Sampras rallied to take the next three sets...to make this his third straight Wimbledon title.

Michael Goldfarb is usually based in London where he covers British life and politics for NPR. So we took advantage of his tenure here in Washington, D.C. to help us understand that most British of games: cricket. Michael managed to find a cricket match on a field (the "wicket") near the Jefferson Memorial and, in this piece, he tells us what the game is all about.

NPR's David Welna reports that tomorrow in Haiti there will be make-up local and parliamentary elections. They're being held because there were widespread problems with elections that were held in June.

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NPR'S JOHN BURNETT REPORTS ON ROSS PEROT'S THREE-DAY NATIONAL ISSUES CONFERENCE WHICH CONTINUES IN DALLAS TODAY.

IN ITALY, THREE MEN WITH AIDS HAVE BEEN ROBBING BANKS, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN ITALIAN LAW THAT PROHIBITS PEOPLE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF A TERMINAL ILLNESS FROM BEING IMPRISONED. HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH PETER SHADBOLT, A REPORTER FOR UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL IN ROME.

NPR'S DAVID WELNA REPORTS FROM PORT AU PRINCE ON HAITI'S CONTINUING DIFFICULTIES AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE JUDICIARY BRANCH OF PARLIAMENT WHICH, UNTIL THIS WEEK, HAD BEEN ALL BUT NON-EXISTENT.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SHARES SOME THOUGHTS ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II AND THE FAMOUS LIFE MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SAILOR AND THE NURSE KISSING IN TIMES SQUARE ON AUGUST 14TH, 1945. WE NOW KNOW WHO THEY WERE.

NPR'S ANDY BOWERS SENDS US THIS POSTCARD FROM THE CENTRAL REGION OF BOSNIA, WHICH HAS ENJOYED RELATIVE PEACE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. HERE THE FRONT LINE AND FLY-FISHING EXIST SIDE-BY-SIDE.

Daniel speaks with George Hawatmeh, editor of the Jordan Times newspaper, about a press conference held today by General Hussein Kamel al-Majid, former right hand man to Saddam Hussein, who defected this week to Jordan. Hussein Kamel today called for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, who is his father-in-law.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.