Search results for

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Jerusalem that after the intercession of King Hussein and the threat that the US mediator Denis Ross would pack up and go home, Palestinian and Israeli negotiators are finally close to signing an agreement for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Hebron. But what was held up the talks is not so much reaching an agreement on how the withdrawal should be handled. The real concern appears to be getting a commitment to time tables for further Israeli withdrawals in the next year from the occupied West Bank countryside.

2: Cellist/bassist/arranger MATT BRUBECK. Born in Connecticut, Brubeck is the son of jazz pianist Dave Brubeck. He's been involved in classical music since college at Yale, and is a member of the Berkeley Symphony. In addition, he performs jazz both locally and internationally, composes for Club Foot Orchestra and leads the group Oranj Symphonette in their debut album "Oranj Symphonette Plays Mancini" (Gramavision). Described as an original interpretation of the music of Henry Mancini, the album puts new sound into music commonly thought of as easy listening. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE END OF THE

have arrived in eastern Zaire after being trapped by fighting between rebels and Hutu extremists.

: Artistic Director MAURICE LEVINE. For 26 years he has been director of the 92nd Y's "Lyrics & Lyricist" series. It spotlights American lyricists and composers like Alan Jay lerner, Stephen Sondheim, and Dorothy Fields. The series has consistantly been a sell-out. LEVINE has also served as musical director/conductor/vocal arranger for Broadway shows and produced for television. Many of the "Lyrics & Lyricists" programs are available on CD, including "An Evening with Johnny Mercer" also Sheldon Harnick, Alan Jay Lerner, Sammy Kahn, and Kander and Ebb. (On the DRG label).

about the summit meeting of European Union leaders trying to agree on the terms for monetary union before the end of the century.

from >Morning Edition listeners.

Unemployment figures around the country hover just above five percent. NPR's Rick Karr reports that the labor market is particularly tight in parts of the midwest, especially for skilled labor.

Street protests in Belgrade continue against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's government. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli talks about what seems an inevitable victory for an opposition that's gotten plenty of international support.

NPR's Brooke Gladstone with a report on juvenile stand-up comics.

- In southern New Jersey, Girl Scouts are staging a work slow-down as they sell their legendary cookies from door-to-door. The scouts are insisting they be allowed to keep 10 cents more per box, a demand that Girl Scout officials have rejected. Jacki speaks with Jan Snyder, the Girl Scout supervisor who organized the labor action, who says her superiors are nickle and diming her troops.

Six foreign aid workers, including four nurses, were shot at point-blank range and killed today at a Red Cross hospital south of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. The identities of those responsible remain unknown; both the Russian and Chechen governments have condemned the attack.

Banning Eyre reviews the latest recording by the Lebanese composer Marcel Khalife. The work features the Arabic lute, the oud. It's entitled "Jadal: Oud Duo" and it's part of Khalife's on-going attempt to create a solo instrumental repertoire for the oud, which is traditionallly used as a backing instrument for a singer. Eyre finds the piece, which runs just over and hour, to be addictive!