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We remember the 34 other passengers who perished yesterday when there plane crashed just outside Dubrovnik. In addition to Secretary Brown, the passengers included Commerce officials, business executives, journalists and two pilots.

Chris Nuttall reports that Operation Provide Comfort, a US-led force based in Turkey to protect the Kurds in Northern Iraq from Saddam Hussein, is in a tenous position after five years of operation. Politicians in Turkey want foreign troops off their soil, but others are concerned that removing the troops will renew instability in the region.

Charles Scanlon reports from Seoul on heightened tensions between North and South Korea. The North said it would no longer respect the integrity of the demilitarized zone, and the South responded by stepping up its surveillance activities.

STAMBERG TRIBUTE: SCOTT PAYS TRIBUTE TO SUSAN STAMBERG WHO CELEBRATED 25 YEARS WITH NPR THIS WEEK.

NPR'S MARGOT ADLER VISITS CHRISTIE'S AUCTION HOUSE IN NEW YORK DURING ITS ANNUAL FREE APPRAISAL WEEKEND AND LEARNS FIRST HAND THAT TRUE VALUE ISN'T ALWAYS MEASURED IN DOLLARS AND CENTS.

Linda Wertheimer talks to NPR's Nina Totenberg about the investigation of Theodore Kaczynski. Federal agents are continuing their search of his cabin. In addition to bomb-making materials, they have also discovered writings.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which marks its 25th anniversary this year. Today, Schalch reports on Republican legislation pending in Congress which would reform the agency.

President Clinton was in Oklahoma City today, remembering those who perished nearly a year ago when a bomb destroyed the Federal office building they were in.

NPR's Philip Davis reports on the arrival today of the bodies of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and others killed in a plane crash in Croatia earlier this week. President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and families of the victims were at Dover Air Force Base to receive the bodies.

The clocks in most parts of the US turn an hour forward on Sunday. Daniel talks to William Klepczynski (Klep CHIN ski), the Director of Time at the US Naval Observatory about the history of standard and daylight savings time in the US.

Daniel talks with epidemiologist Bob Snow about how mosquito nets can help curtail the spread of disease in Africa. Dr.Snow - of Oxford University and the Kenya Medical Research Institute - ran the Kenyan portion of a World Health Organization (W.H.O.) study on the effectiveness of insecticide-treated mosquito nets.

SCOTT TALKS WITH ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL ABOUT THE NEW COMIC FILM "FLIRTING WITH DISASTER."