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As China prepares to take over Hong Kong next year, many of Hong Kong's film directors are preparing to jump ship for more fertile and lucrative creative ground here in the U.S. Two films with Hong Kong connections are now on American movie screens...Broken Arrow and Rumble in the Bronx. Our critic, Bob Mondello, prepared this report.

electricity in space by tethering a satellite on the end of a 13-mile wire.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that Cuba and Fidel Castro have long influenced U.S. foreign and domestic policy.

decide whether Mexico should be sanctioned if that nation is found not to be doing enough to stop drug trafficking. The anti-narcotics efforts of all drug-producing countries are subject to yearly review, under U.S. law.

in which the United Nations finds itself. U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali is warning that the organization faces financial collapse if member nations fail to pay annual dues. Currently, the U.N. says that more than a thousand jobs may be cut this year in an effort to reduce costs.

The House today approved fundamental changes in the nation's agricultural policy as it's existed since the Great Depression. NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports on the so-called Freedom-to-Farm legislation that gradually ends subsidies from the federal government and leaves farming to market forces. The Senate has already passed similar legislation.

Linda and Noah read from another batch of listner comments.

about the President being subpoenaed to give evidence in a Whitewater fraud trial.

without considering the enormous amount that tax breaks cost the federal government.

and whether they actually contribute to the learning environment.

for Britain's royal family.

Commercial Director of Scottish and Newcastle Breweries, whose company has brewed what it believes is a pretty accurate version of an ancient Egyptian beer. The brew is called "Tutankamun Ale"

New York Times reporter Bill Carter's bestseller The Late Shift which told of the backstage battle between David Letterman and Jay Leno to occupy Johnny Carson's seat on the Tonight show, is now a movie that will debut tomorrow on HBO. A review from Ken Tucker.

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports that a Canadian judge has been named to replace Richard Goldstone as the prosecutor of the International War Crime Tribunal investigating atrocities in Rwanda and the Balkans. Goldstone will work with Judge Louise Arbour for an interim period before she assumes her full responsibilities with the tribunal.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on President Clinton's use of two insurance policies to pay nearly $900-thousand in legal bills. Presidential aides say even with the umbrella liability policies Mr. Clinton is still going broke. He is defending himself against a suit by Paula Jones alleging sexual harrassment.

NPR's Michael Skoler visits Kikwit, Zaire almost a year after the ebola (ee-BOH-lah) epidemic broke out there. The virus appeared in May last year and is usually fatal. The epidemic was stopped but left 244 people dead. Scientists from the U-S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are testing samples of tens of thousands of insects and animals taken from the forest where the virus originated but still have not found the source. Hospital workers in Kikwit are still reluctant to treat patients, and while many people have overcome their fear of the disease, there remain superstitions and misinformation among the population.

Robert speaks with reporter Tina Daunt, who covered the trial of rap music star Snoop Doggy Dogg for the Los Angeles Times. His acquittal on murder charges and mistrial on manslaughter charges have raised questions whether prosecutors can win a conviction against a celebrity defendant.

Ten years ago this week, a bloodless revolt toppled the authoritarian government of Ferdinand Marcos. Jon Miller offers a retrospective on the fall of the dictator, and reports on the continuing challenge of making democracy work in the Philippines.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Sarajevo. Despite the presence of United Nations police, thousands of Serbs from the suburbs are leaving one day before police from the Moslem Croat Federation move in. Many are without transportation and are leaving on foot through snow-covered mountains.

SIMPLE.Robert talks with Tom Oschenslager,(OSH-EN-SLANHG-ER), is a tax partner the accounting firm Grant Thornton in Washington DC. He spoke to us from his office. 3. LIGHT & LAG. Noah talks with Dr. Charles Czeisler (SIZE-ler), Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and senior author of a new study on human response to light. The study, published today in the journal Nature, shows that normal levels of indoor light, not just bright light, can reset the human biological clock. Czeisler says that, thanks to Edison, our bodies are in a permanent state of jet lag.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports Republicans say new notes released by the White House are a sign it tried to control damage regarding Whitewater. The notes, written by former White House aide Mark Gearan in early 1994, describe a meeting where administration officials wanted to contact Beverly Bassett Schaeffer, a key witness in the Whitewater affair. Republicans say that suggests an effort to influence Schaeffer's testimony. The Senate Whitewater committee also delved into who handled the billing records found recently at the White House.

In remarks today before The American Conservative Union, Republican National Committee chairman Haley Barbour sought to unite a party divided over the candidacy of Pat Buchanan. The conservative group also heard from the executive director of the Christian Coalition, Ralph Reed. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

Commentator Reynolds Price talks about the death of his friend, Lightning Brown, who succombed to AIDS at the age of 48. Price reads a poem that Brown wrote for the AIDS House in Carroboro, and responds with a poem of his own.

in Hamburg, Germany. Gary Lauck was arrested in Denmark and extradited to Germany where he faces charges of distribution of hate material and incitement to racial hatred. Lauck founded and runs the largest neo-Nazi organization in the U.S., where his work is protected under free-speech laws.

the State Department coordinator for regional peace about tomorrow's meeting in Washington to try to work out details of international monitoring of the cease-fire in Lebanon.