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NPR'S TED CLARK HAS A PRIMER ON HEZBOLLAH.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT ABOUT ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TOPICS, THE CHICAGO BULLS, AND THEIR RECORD-SETTING SEASON.

Mary Kay Magistead reports from Taiwan that President Lee Teng-hui won today's election, the first fully democratic vote in the island's history. Lee, who was appointed president eight years ago by Taiwan's parliament, gained more than 50 percent of the vote, an unexpectedly large margin. The vote took place in the face of threats from China, threats in the form of missile tests and military exercises.

NPR'S SUNNI KHALID REPORTS FROM SOUTHERN LEBANON, WHERE ISRAELI WARPLANES, FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS, HAVE ATTACKED. THE VILLAGES OF SOUTHERN LEBANON ARE CONTROLLED BY HEZBOLLAH (HEZZ-boh-LAH), AN ANTI-ISRAEL GUERRILLA GROUP.

Montana about the two-week-old standoff between the FBI and members of the anti-government group called the Freemen.

the author of a book about the FBI, about how Director Louis Freeh and his deputies are doing. Kessler says they have learned from various mistakes and are improving with experience. But, he says, even though the FBI is more open and honest, Freeh's deputies continue to over-protects him and the Bureau from public criticism.

Details of the General Motors and United Auto Workers agreement were announced this afternoon. The U.A.W. won a promise that more employees will be hired at the Dayton parts plants and the company reinforced its right to hire outside suppliers. Robert speaks with NPR's Don Gonyea about the agreement.

tension between North and South Korea. North Korea has sent troops into the demilitarized zone over the past three days.

a world without clocks where time stands still.

are moving towards an agreement on funding for several government departments that do not have permanent funding through the end of the year. But the President is threatening to veto any bills that have environmental riders attached.

at the Smithsonian Museum of American History on chocolate. There was a lecture, a few history lessons, and of course, plenty of taste-testing.

SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT LOOKS AT THE DWINDLING FIELD OF COMPETITORS AT THE N-C-A-A COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.