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NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on the march of Zapatista rebels to the Mexican capital, where they hope to renew the peace process.

Tomorrow, automaker Daimler Chrysler will reveal to its stockholders how the company hopes to turn around the two year slide it has experienced in the Chrysler division since merging with Daimler Benz. Jerome Vaughn from member station WDET reports.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Michele Ligouri from Harvard, Massachusetts. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WBUR in Boston.)

The Harlem Renaissance gave birth to a movement that was social, political, and artistic. To be in Harlem in the 1920s and '30s was to experience everything from the poetry of Langston Hughes to the music of Duke Ellington. Liane talks to Shawn Amos, who produced a new four-CD box set that captures the sounds of the period, and updates them with new readings. It's called Rhapsodies in Black: Words and Music from the Harlem Renaissance. (9:30) (NOTE: Rhapsodies in Black is available on Rhino Records #R2-79874).

Liane talks live with NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem, who is covering Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to the Middle East. Powell met today with Israel's Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

This Tuesday, President Bush will present Congress with his fiscal 2002 budget. The president's spending plan includes a proposed 11 percent boost in federal funding for schools, the largest increase in the budget. Mr. Bush also wants to increase local control and institute regular proficiency tests in math and reading. Michael Kirst, Professor of Education at Stanford University, tells Liane, however, that the Federal government has never played a big role in schools.

In ancient world the Library at Alexandria, Egypt was the meeting place where philosophical, spiritual, and cosmological teachings met to create a vital cultural environment. But the Library dissappeared 2000 years ago possibly when Julius Caeser sacked the city. Today a new library is rising in Alexandria hoping to recapture some of the former's glory. Kate Seelye reports.

Liane reads letters and e-mails from listeners.

Liane Hansen speaks with folk singer Geoff Muldaur about his new cd, Password (on Hightone Records). The singer was in the Jim Kweskin Jug Band in the 60's and was married to Maria Muldaur -- while Maria went on to her own successful solo career, Muldaur dropped off the radar for years, but recently started recording again. Muldaur also plays a selection on guitar in our studio. (17:48) {NOTE: Geoff Muldaur's new CD, Password, is available through Hightone Records, catalog # 8125}

President Bush plans to present an outline of his budget plan to Congress on Tuesday. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

The arrest this week of FBI agent Robert Hanssen on spy charges brings to mind a similar case of seven years ago. Aldrich Ames was a CIA officer found spying for Russia. NPR's Tom Gjelten finds some similarities and differences in the two cases.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that Britain is trying to contain an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. All slaughterhouses have been closed and exclusion zones have been placed around at least nine farms. Foot and mouth disease afflicts hoofed animals, and is said to pose no health threat to humans.