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NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports that the spat between Greece and Turkey over a disputed island in the Aegean Sea appears to be over. The U.S. intervened yesterday before the dispute exploded into war. President Clinton and top members of his Administration made phone calls to both Greek and Turkish leaders telling them of U.S. concern. The island is only 10-acres. The only inhabitants are goats.

NPR White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports that while President Clinton pleaded today for Republican leaders to return to budget talks and said an agreement is within reach, Republican leaders rejected the President's latest modifications.

Robert talks to National Security Adviser Anthony Lake about White House concerns about the Russian attack upon Chechen guerrillas and the possible defeat of the reformers in the upcoming Russian elections. He also addresses the question of whether the deadline for the Dayton Accords can be met in Bosnia.

Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on efforts to teach Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza the basics of voting in advance of elections for a president and legislative council in the autonomous territories. The elections on Saturday are the first time Palestinians have ever participated in the Democratic process on their own land.

NPR's Jon Greenberg has the latest on yesterday's collision involving two passenger trains in Silver Spring, MD., outside Washington,D.C. At least 11 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. Today it was learned that among the dead are eight Jobs Corps students who were traveling home for a holiday weekend. The National Transportation Safety Board is looking for the cause of the crash. Today, NTSB spokesmen said both trains -- an AMTRAK passenger train bound from Washington to Chicago, and a smaller commuter train -- were moving at the time of the crash "not at a crawl."

President of the Committee for the Capital City, a group formed recently to work expressly for retrocession: returning most of the District of Columbia to Maryland.

From New Hampshire, Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's national political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold, who says that in the last days before the New Hampshire primary, there are no confident candidates making their way through the snow. Late polls show voters are still shopping around, changing their preferences from day to day and that 20 percent of the voters have made no decision at all. We'll talk about why that is, about last night's debate and about what the candidates are saying today.

Danny talks with Kim and Reggie Harris, who are black, and Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino, who are white, about their musical collaberation as a mixed-race singing group that performs songs about African-American history and other political issues. They talk about how race has...or has not...affected their relationship and their performing styles. Their cd is called "Spoken in Love," (Long Tail Records).

has some thoughts on the Los Angeles freeway system. She says it helped explain the problem men have with asking for directions.

Rwanda, about the United Nations tribunal, which has begun to indict Rwandans on charges of genocide. The U.N. is charging them with allegedly taking part in thousands of killings in Rwanda in 1994. The first two men to be charged are being held in Zambia but will be tranferred to Tanzania for trial later this year.

Robert talks with David Brooks, a senior editor of the The Weekly Standard, about the strong populist theme emerging from the Republicans on the campaign trail. Mr. Buchanan has long been associated with the populist movemment, but now Sen. Bob Dole is jumping in on the act. Dole attacked "corporate greed" yesterday in a speech. But Mr. Brooks questions how genuine Dole's new populist platform really is.

which Washington is expected to threaten economic sanctions unless Beijing does more to stop Chinese piracy of American goods.

Commentator Larry Magid looks at the pros/cons of tax software.

We eavesdrop on a convesation between playwright Wendy

conference that begins Friday morning in Italy and also the latest developments in the case of three foreign nationals -- believed to be Iranian-trained mujahideen -- who were arrested by French troops Thursday.

Danny talks with State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns and also Ruth Wedgwood, Senior Fellow for International Organizations and Law at the Council on Foreign Relations about the importance of using the right names in political and diplomatic discusions. Wedgewood says that the use of a certain name amounts to a form of rhetorical warfare, and misnaming can be taken as an act of hostility. Burns says that communications between countries is particularly problematic for the United States because of its position of power in the world - other countries pay a lot of attention to what the U.S. says. They give several examples of controversial names including the use of the country-name "Macedonia" - the Greek government objects to a former Yugoslav republic calling itself by that name.

NPR'S Edward Lifson reports on the last day of campaigning by Republican Presidential contenders in Iowa.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from the American sector of the NATO implementation force zone in northern Bosnia. In spite of a more agressive position taken by NATO on behalf of the International War Crimes Tribunal, American soldiers don't expect to be apprehending indicted war criminals any time soon.

Larry Pratt, a co-chairman of Patrick Buchanan's presidential campaign, has stepped aside following allegations that he has been a featured speaker at white supremacist meetings. Pratt denies any links to racist groups, and says he hopes to put the charges to rest and then rejoin the Buchanan campaign. The allegations surfaced in a report on the associations of leaders of the various presidential campaigns, and NPR's Peter Overby has more on that study.

Robert talks to Brock Meeks, chief Washington correspondent for Wired magazine, about the case of William White, a student at the University of Maryland. White posted a message on several Internet newsgroups urging people to call a woman White claimed was abusing her daughter. Recipients of the message harrassed the woman without verifying the truth of White's statements. Meeks says that because computer communication is new, people tend to forget that the information imparted is not necessarily accurate.

Robert talks with NPR's Tovia Smith about opening statements today in the trial of John Salvi, accused of murdering two woman at a suburban Boston abortion clinic. His defense lawyers don't dispute murder charge, but they argue Salvi is schizophrenic and should be placed in a mental institution, not prison.

In San Francisco, Mecca for skateboarders, Ancel Martinez of member station KQED reports on a battle over art. A two-mile-long concrete and glass sculpture has become the favorite spot for daredevil 'boarders. Trouble is, they're ruining the $1-million-dollar installation, to the chagrin of art-lovers.

of Nebraska about how the federal government shutdown has affected his state.

wear a United Nations uniform or serve under a U.N. commander in the former Yugoslavia.

NPR's Melissa Block reports that the announcement last week of three arrests in New York in an alleged cellular phone fraud ring is the latest chapter in an ongoing story. Estimates are that fraud will cost the cellular industry nearly a billion dollars this year. And even as the cellular companies come up with technologies to make cellular phones more secure, crooks manage to outsmart them every step of the way.