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Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega a new trial, claiming a star prosecution witness in the original trial was bribed.

Closing arguments are presented today in the assisted suicide trial of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Noah Adams speaks with NPR's Don Gonyea, who has been following the trial at the Oakland County courthouse in Pontiac, Michigan. LIVE 13. ABOUT KEVORKIAN -- Linda talks with Michael Betzold, a reporter on strike from the Detroit Free Press, about Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Betzold says Kevorkian wishes that society will one day accept assisted suicide for those who are emotionally ill as well as for the terminally sick. Betzold also talks about Kevorkian's desire to control death. Betzold has written about Kevorkian since 1991 and wrote a book about him called, "Appointment with Dr. Death."

Nearly three-thousand United Automobile Workers are on strike at the General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio. NPR's Edward Lifson reports that some GM assembly plants are running out of brake parts and engine bearings because of the strike.

Netday '96 gets underway in California tomorrow. Netday is an ambitious, volunteer effort to get the state's schools wired for internet access. President Clinton, who called the event a "high-tech barn-raising," plans to be on hand as a local high school is wired.

Noah talks to author David Shields about women who wear glasses and the erotic appeal such women hold for Shields. Shields reads passages from his book "Remote" on this subject. He says glasses say to him that the woman is so beautiful, so perfect that she can risk covering up that beauty. He also fantasizes about the moment a when a woman with glasses removes them before going to bed; a moment the stranger can only imagine.

missile tests off the coast of Taiwan -- a move that has increased tensions in the region.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports Republicans say new notes released by the White House are a sign it tried to control damage regarding Whitewater. The notes, written by former White House aide Mark Gearan in early 1994, describe a meeting where administration officials wanted to contact Beverly Bassett Schaeffer, a key witness in the Whitewater affair. Republicans say that suggests an effort to influence Schaeffer's testimony. The Senate Whitewater committee also delved into who handled the billing records found recently at the White House.

Richard Holbrooke's return trip to the Balkans this weekend. Holbrooke is trying to soothe tensions among Serbs, Croats and Bosnians, which are threatening further implementation of the Dayton peace accord.

WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALKS ABOUT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S SPRING TRAINING, WHICH IS IN FULL-SWING. WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IS THAT THINGS SEEM VERY CALM.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT READS SOME LISTENER COMMENTS, INCLUDING A MUSICAL ONE.