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all 45 of them, from Richard Skillen to Vincent Ham.

Robert remembers musicologist and composer Judith Kaplan Eisenstein, who died yesterday at the age of 86. Eisenstein was the eldest daughter of Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, the founder of the Reconstructionist branch of Judaism. In 1922, she became the first girl to have a Bat Mitzvah, today a common rite of passage among non-Orthodox Jewish girls.

NPR's Martha Raddatz spoke with senior U.S. officials who are angered by the discovery of a terrorist camp near Sarajevo but not surprised that the Bosnian government has been lying about the whereabouts of some of these mujahadeen fighters, who were to have left last month. Officials, warning the discovery threatens an already shaky peace process, are demanding full Bosnian government compliance with the terms of the Dayton peace accords.

going into today's New Hampshire Republican primary. Senator Bob Dole is said to have the most at stake, with a serious challenge from conservative commentator Pat Buchanan. Lamar Alexander and Steve Forbes are scrambling to remain credible contenders.

the cities to their homes for New Year celebrations.

Linda talks with NPR's political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold and pollster Andy Kohut, about early exit polls and the electorate who turned out in New Hampshire.

-NPR'S Andy Bowers reports from Sarajevo on the seizure by NATO forces of what they call a Muslim terrorist training camp just outside the city. Eleven people, including three thought to be Iranians, were arrested at the camp, along with a large arms cache, including rifles, machine guns and booby traps. U.S. Admiral Leighton Smith, the commander of NATO forces in Bosnia, says elements of the mainly Muslim Bosnian government may have been involved in training some of the men to carry out terrorist acts.

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by President Yeltsin declaring his candidacy for this June's election.

Pat Buchanan's mixture of social conservatism and his own brand of economic populism have propelled him to the status of a major contender in next week's Republican presidential primary in new Hampshire. While many of the candidates share his views on social issues, Buchanan stands apart from them on economic ones, particularly trade. NPR's Brian Naylor looks at the rise of Buchanan as a political player since his first entrance as a candidate in 1992.

It's been a week since the IRA bombing in London that spelled an end to a year and a half cease-fire in the Northern Ireland conflict. NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports that little progress has been made toward getting the peace process back on track.

Daniel talks with two lawyers about a lawsuit against the publisher of a book that contains descriptions of how to commit murder. This lawsuit stems from a 1993 triple murder in Maryland. The man convicted of those killings was hired to do the job and is said to have followed the book's directions in committing murder. The book, "The Hit Man", is essentially a highly detailed manual about how to commit a murder and get away with it. One of the lawyers, John Marshall, filed the suit against the publisher on the behalf of the victims' family. He says the book publisher should be held liable in the deaths of 3 people as well as the convicted hit man. The other lawyer, Jane Curtley of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, says holding the publisher of the book liable for aiding and abetting murder is a dangerous encroachment on free speech.

involving a man whose grown daughter suddenly remembered how her father killed her childhood playmate 20 years ago has. His 1990 conviction was overturned in 1994, and now this case of repressed memories is being retried.

where a Serb sniper was killed by NATO forces, two U.S. servicemen were wounded by a landmine, and the U.N. is launching an investigation of a suspected mass gravesite in northeastern Bosnia.

The Senate Whitewater Committee is wrapping up the week's hearing schedule with more witnesses from the fringes of the controversy. Republicans are keeping the panel going with second-tier witnesses, because the independent counsel has barred them from calling the higher-profile players during his investigation. The committee chairman, Sen. Alphonse D'Amato, hopes he can keep the panel in business long enough to get that possibly-explosive testimony. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome on the opening day of a meeting involving the presidents of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia and mediators from the NATO-led implementation force (IFOR) in Bosnia. The meeting was called to try to iron out difficulties in implementing the Dayton peace accord. Among the problems: the Bosnian Serbs cut off contacts with IFOR after two army officers, suspected of war crimes, were picked up by the Bosnian government and later flown to The Hague for investigation before the war crimes tribunal.

a political columnist for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, about the primary in Georgia next week. Georgia is one of nine states holding primaries on Tuesday, and a key state in determining southern voter sentiment this election year.

for sending prohibited nuclear material to Pakistan.

in the United States with a report on proposed strategies for correcting the problem.

V - Commentator Katherine Kersten says that although parents may closely supervise what their kids eat, seek out the best schools and monitor homework---they exercise little oversight and impose few standards when it comes to movies, TV and video games that fill kids' afterschool hours. Since entertainment is part of charachter building, that means beavis and butthead are the role models. she says children need to adopt heros and heroines worthy of admiration.

falls in love with a horse-- and finds her suburban state of mind challenged by the experience.

economic developments that are frustrating working families, a crucial group of voters. NPR's White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports.

Linda speaks with Robin Roberts of ESPN and ABC about tonight's match- up between Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan. Both had retired from the game and with Magic's return this week, both are back...and Robin says it's like a dream come true! She also talks about Girls and Women in Sports day...and says it's important for young girls to see strong, aggressive, and talented women athletes in action.

about plans to resurrect the airline as a full-service but low-cost carrier, based in Miami. Gandt is not optimistic the new Pan Am will be successful.