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The BBC's Richard Downs attended a meeting at which the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, met with Zulu leaders to try to find a way to bring about peace in their part of the country. One hundred people a month are dying of poltiical violence - disputes between Zulus and member sof Mandela's African National Congress.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews a new reissue of Anthony Davis''s "Episteme" (Gramavision).

who died early today at Georgetown University Hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was 81.

A survey in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that it's not unusual for terminally ill patients to ask doctors to help them die. Nor is it that rare for doctors to comply. NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports that the survey comes on the heels of a controversial decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, holding physician-assisted suicide to be a constitutional right.

MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "Kraven Images" (BridgeWorks Books) by Alan Isler.REV. 2:TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews last night''s Academy Awards.

Linda talks with Joe Mahood (MAY-hood), chair of the science department at Aragon High School in San Mateo, California, about the ideas being discussed at the education summit in New York.

that it may not be completely certified as fully cooperating with the U.S. in the war on drugs. Each year, by law, the White House must present to Congress a report on how well, or how poorly, several nations are doing in the fight against the production and trafficking of narcotics.

Jyl Hoyt recently visited Peru, and prepared this piece about efforts there to legalize the coca leaf. Coca, which produces the base substance of cocaine, is banned by the United Nations. Farmers in Peru argue that the leaf itself is no more addictive than a couple of cups of coffee. They say they ought to be able to use the leaf in products like tea or toothpaste, and if coca were legalized, they would no longer have to sell the leaf illegally to drug dealers.

LONE STAR LEGEND: Essayist Mike Renfro remembers "Happy" Shahan, ho built a movie set in the middle of the Texas desert that attracted some of ollywood's biggest stars for over 30 years. Shahan died last month at his ranch n the small town of Bracketville, Texas.

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NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the growing list of weapons proliferation violations by China. The U.S. may be required to slap sanctions on China for selling banned weaponry to Pakistan and Iran, which would increase already heightened tensions with China.

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