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Host Liane Hansen is joined by David Corn of The Nation agazine and Kate O'Beirne (O-BURN) of The National Review magazine in a iscussion of the week's top news events, including, the American cruise issile attacks in Iraq, the public admission by Russian President Boris eltsin that he will undergo heart surgery, and how Bob Dole and President linton will incorporate good news on the economy into their campaigns for the hite House.

NPR's Mary Kay Magistad tells Linda that China's top leaders have returned to Beijing unexpectedly from trips to other parts of the country, possibly in response to UNconfirmed news about the health of 92-year-old Deng Xiaoping (duhng shee-yow PEENG). The patriarch of the Chinese leadership is 92 years old and has been in frail health for some years.

The White House announced today that two National Security Council aides were informed by the FBI last summer that China might try to make illegal campaIGN contributions to Congressional races. The aides also were told not to pass the information on to their superiors in the Clinton administration. President Clinton says top-level White House and National Security officials will investigate. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Some Americans with compromised immune systems can now get a booster shot. The Senate gives a boost to two top Biden priorities.

Liane Hansen speaks with jazz composer and bandleader Carla Bley. Perhaps best know for her big- and VERY big-bands, she's pared down to a mid-sized group of eight top-notch players for her new cd, 4X4. (WATT records 012 159 547-2).

Later this year, a group of women from across North America will attempt to ski to the North Pole. If successful, they'll become the first women to reach the top of the world without the use of dog sleds or ships. Nicole Walton of member station WNMU talks with the members of the expedition as they prepare for their journey.

She edited such films as The Hustler, Bonnie and Clyde, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Wonder Boys, which has just been re-released. Her Hollywood career began in the 1940s as an apprentice editor. Today shes arguably the highest paid and one of the top five film editors in the business. Allens been nominated twice for Academy awards.

A top U.S. envoy today held out the prospect of energy and other forms of assistance for North Korea if Pyongyang abandons nuclear weapons development. The Bush Administration says it will not reward North Korea's threatening behavior. But analysts say Washington could help Pyongyang in indirect ways to resolve the current stand-off. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

The top two Democrats in Congress, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, unveil what they called a "pre-buttal" in advance of President Bush's State of the Union address, which will be given Wednesday evening.

Hurricane Ivan moves inland along the Gulf Coast, spawning tornadoes, causing flooding and tearing beach houses from their foundations. Its top winds have dropped to 80 mph, but the storm remains dangerous. Hear NPR's Jon Hamilton.

Teach for America is attracting a record number of applicants this year. The program recruits top college graduates to spend two years teaching in low-income public schools. At Dartmouth College alone, 11 percent of the entire senior class has applied.

In Alabama, the key runoff was for U.S. Senate, where Katie Britt topped Rep. Mo Brooks in the Republican race.