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NPR's John Greenberg reports that China today said it had formally arrested a Chinese-American human rights activist named Harry Wu. Wu has been charged with illegally obtaining state secrets and conducting criminal activities. If convicted, he could be executed. Wu has been held by the Chinese since June, when he tried to enter CHina from Kazakhstan.

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Recently a commission in Germany reached agreement on a Holocaust Memorial that would be built in Berlin. But now, many of Germany's conservatives, including Chancelor Helmut Kohl, say they're not happy with the design. And that's an opinion echoed by Germany's small Jewish community. Deidre Berger reports on the controversy.

The Clinton administration is expected to establish formal diplomatic relations with Vietnam sometime over the next few weeks. Michael discusses the issue with author Neal Sheehan who has written about Vietnam since 1962, when he covered the war. Sheehan recently visited Hanoi to report on how the Vietnamese are handling the dilemma of thsse Americans still 'Missing in Action'.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH THEODORE "LOLO" BEAUBRUN, JR. AND HENRY JOSEPH PIERRE, MEMBERS OF HAITI'S BEST-KNOWN BAND BOUKMAN EKSPERYANS (BOOK-man ek-SPEAR-ee-ens), ABOUT MAKING MUSIC UNDER THE OFTEN UNAPPROVING EYES OF HAITI'S COLONELS. (ALL BOUKMAN EKSPERYANS ALBUMS ARE RELEASED ON MANGO RECORDS: 1ST, 1991 - VODOU ADJAE : 2ND, 1992 - KALFOU DANJERE: 3RD AND LATEST - LIBETE (PRAN POU PRAN'1!)/FREEDOM (LET'S TAKE IT!)

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SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH KEITH DEVLIN, DEAN OF SCIENCE AT ST. MARY'S COLLEGE IN MORAGA, CALIFORNIA, EDITOR OF "FOCUS," THE NEWS MAGAZINE OF THE MATHEMATICS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK MATHEMATICS - THE SCIENCE OF PATTERNS: THE SEARCH FOR ORDER IN LIFE, MIND & THE UNIVERSE, (PUBLISHED BY W.H. FREEMAN, A SUBSIDIARY OF SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC.), ABOUT THE "GOLDEN AGE" OF MATHEMATICS. IN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS, SOME OF THE GREATEST MATH PUZZLES HAVE BEEN SOLVED.

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NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports on the celebrations in London marking the 50th anniversary of V-E Day. Fifty thousand people gathered at Hyde Park for an afternoon of speeches and music.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH JERRY JASINOWSKI, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS ABOUT A LABOR DEPARMENT REPORT ON JOBS LOST IN MAY, THE THREAT OF RECESSION AND THE CURRENT LOSS OF JOBS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with General John Galvin about he military and diplomatic options that could be used to resolve the conflict n Bosnia. Before his retirement three years ago, Galvin was the U.S. Army's upreme Allied Commander in Europe, as well as a State Department special envoy n peace negotiations in Bosnia.

2: We'll then hear from IQBAL RIZA (EEK-bahl-Ree-zah). He is Assistant Secretary of General for Peace Keeping Operations for the United Nations. He talks about the UN's role in Rwanda.