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NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Caracas on Cuban President Fidel Castro's visit to Venezuela. Castro has received a warm welcome from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has embraced the Cuban leader as a friend and mentor.

It's called The God Particle. It's the Higgs Boson, a sub-atomic particle that may explain why things have mass and don't zip around unteathered. Physicists at a lab in Europe think they've caught a glimpse of it, but time is running out on their experiments, because their facility is about to be torn down. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on their efforts to beat the clock.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on a new exhibit at the New York Public Library about Utopia. The belief in a "perfect society" goes back thousands of years, and the more than 400 items on display constitute the the largest exhibit ever mounted by the Library.

It's swing time! Liane chats in NPR's with Five By Design, a vocal quintet from Minnesota which has been touring nationally with two shows, as well as performing with symphony orchestras.

Scott speaks with veteran actress Maureen O'Hara about her career and upcoming CBS television movie The Last Dance.

Vice President Al Gore took some time off the campaign trail today to watch his son play a school football game, but not before he spoke to voters in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania where health care is a big issue. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

As Israeli-Palestinian violence continues in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is in negotiations with Likud leader Ariel Sharon to form what he's calling a national emergency government. Barak now has 30 votes out of a 120 member Knesset which means his government could easily fall in a vote of no-confidence leading to new elections. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem.

Commentator Lee Stringer is trying to keep his optimism about American democracy. So this year, he's avoiding coverage of the presidential race.

Singapore's first prime minister and it's current senior minister-- Lee Kuan Yew. A very controversial figure, Lee Kuan Yew formed the People's Action Party, and won the first Singapore general election in 1959. Since it was granted independence in 1965, Singapore has gone from British colony to Asian economic powerhouse. Yet, its government is often criticized for being too authoritarian and weak on civil liberties. Lee Kuan Yew will talk about his country's economic success, as well as the criticism about his government's treatment of its citizens. His new book is called From Third World to First (Harper Collins).

Journalist Stan Sesser. He covers the Pacific Rim for The New Yorker. His articles have appeared in the New Yorker, the New Republic and Mother Jones. Sesser has written extensively about Singapore and Lee Kuan Yew.

Secretary of State Madeline Albright says six hours of talks with North Korean officials over the past two days produced "important progress," in U.S. relations with the Communist country, but that more work remains to be done. The major issue for the United States is obtaining commitments from North Korea to curb its missile program. NPR's Rob Gifford reports from Pyongyang.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports Israel's military sees no quick end to the latest Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza. With little chance for an early resumption of the peace process, Prime Minister Ehud Barak has ordered his aides to draw up plans for what he calls a "unilateral separation" from the Palestinians.