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Two members of the Dallas Cowboys football team are being investigated on charges of sexual assault. A twenty-three year old woman has accused offensive lineman Erik Williams and wide reciever Michael Irvin of assaulting her. The investigation is the latest in a series of legal troubles for members of the Dallas Cowboys. Glenn Mitchell of member station KERA in Dallas reports on the charges, and what they might mean for the Cowboys, who are preparing for Sunday's second-round playoff game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte.

In an interview first aired on December 31st, 1991, Robert talks to Hugh McDonald, head of music for BBC Radio Scotland, about the correct pronunciation of the phrase "Auld Lang Syne." McDonald says that the majority of people who will sing that song as the old year passes away will pronounce the word "syne" as "zyne," which is incorrect; the correct pronunciation is "sine" (as in cosine and tangent). We also hear a performance of the song by Irish singer Susan McKeown (muh-KEEN) and bassist Lindsey Horner to a melody different from the one we are used to hearing. They also perform the song on a cassette, "Through the Bitter Frost and Snow."

Opera soprano DAWN UPSHAW. She has a new recording called "Dawn Upshaw sings Rodgers and Hart." We'll hear a sample from the cd and an excerpt of an 1994 interview with Upshaw. Monday on Fresh Air we'll feature Dawn Upshaw in a concert recorded at WHYY

Danny speaks to Rwanda's Ambassador to the United States, Theogene Rudasingwa. The Rwandan diplomat says the return of the refugees back home obviates the need for a multinational force, whose original mission was to secure the refugees against attacks by Hutu militiamen. With the militamen now on the run, Rudasingwa says his country can be responsible for security. But he now wants international donors who sustained the refugees in their camps to give the funds to Rwanda for their resettlement.

We remember tenor sax player Eddie Harris with the eprise of an interview we first broadcast in l992. Harris was the first to roduce a gold-selling jazz record and also recorded an historic jam session at ontreux (MON-trow) with Les McCann that produced the song "Compared to What". arris died in Los Angeles on November fifth.

NPR's Ann Cooper reports from Johannesburg on the reluctance of South frican President Nelson Mandela to head up efforts to address the situation in aire. Some say as a leader of great credibility in a country with a stable emocracy, Mandela has a moral responsibility to take a more active role in elping to resolve conflicts on the continent.

2: Inventor and the man called "the greatest marketer/salesman of the television era," RON POPEIL (Po-PEEL). He's sold everything from the Veg-O-Matic to the Pocket Fisherman on television, amassing over one billion dollars in sales. He's written a book about how he did it, "Ron Popeil: The Salesman of the Century" (DTP Trade paperbacks, with Jefferson Graham). (REBROADCAST from 2

Executive Director of the Twentieth Century Fund task force that recommended changes in the presidential appointment process.

the United States and France, old allies and long-time rivals.

A federal court ordered new elections after ruling several voting districts there unconstitutional due to racial gerrymandering. Congressional seats in three districts will be decided in runoffs held next week.

Delegates from 43 countries are meeting to discuss how to achieve peace and stability in the region.

. North Korea has arrested an American and charged him with spying for South Korea. Seoul denies the charge. This latest incident comes just a few weeks after a North Korean submarine was captured in South Korea's waters.