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Noah Adams talks with Jovana Ilic in Belgrade. Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was arrested at his house on Friday, according to Serbian media. Ms. Ilic had been at the house before the arrest and provides some details of the arrest. She says Milosevic was reportedly transferred to a justice administration building in central Belgrade.

NPR's Peter Kenyon sums up the week's events in the historic Senate campaign-finance reform debate, and looks ahead to possible roadblocks in the House or in the courts.

Host Renee Montagne talks with John Hooper, Berlin Bureau Chief of England's Guardian newspaper, about the train-load of nuclear waste returning to Germany this week. Many thousands of protesters did all they could to stop the train and its radioactive cargo, but German police helped it along.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports from the White House that German Chancellor Schroeder is expected to question President Bush today on his decision to back away from the global warming treaty. Germany and other U.S. allies in Europe support the Kyoto Treaty, which the United States hasn't ratified.

Host Renee Montagne talks with Edwin Carrington, Caribbean Community and Common Market, or CARICOM. They discuss the Bush Administration's policies on trade in the Caribbean.

Commentator Baxter Black jumps on horseback, ropes cattle and rides through a cactus jungle to see whether a jacket from a fancy clothing company cuts the cowboy's muster.

Host Renee Montagne talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about the remaining obstacles to Senate passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill. A vote on the measure could come late today or tomorrow. A compromise reached yesterday would raise the ceiling on 'hard money' contributions, while keeping the ban on 'soft money' donations in place. (4:46) For more NPR News coverage, check out Money, Power & Influence.

High School Senior Clayton Kennedy reads his college application essay about his battle with anorexia. This is the fourth part of Morning Edition's week-long series of college essays. Read the essays.

NPR's David Welna reports on House approval of President Bush's budget plan for next year. The measure is expected to face more resistance when it goes before the Senate. The House version follows the president's spending and tax cut recommendations very closely.

Jerome Vaughn from member station WDET in Detroit reports on a school management firm called Edison Schools. The company runs several schools in the Detroit area, but not everyone is a fan of its work.

NPR's Joe Palca reports on the resurrection of the cloning debate in Congress. The controversy goes back to scientist Richard Seed's 1997 announcement that he planned to clone a human before federal regulations could ban the practice. Now, a Kentucky organization wants to offer cloning as an alternative to infertile couples.

Commentator Jack Germond says that campaign finance reform might help improve the political process -- but legislation alone won't suffice.

NPR's Alex Chadwick explores the northern jungle in the Democratic Republic of Congo with a Swiss biologist, in search of a mysterious, and perhaps entirely new species. This is the final piece in the Radio Expeditions series in Central Africa.

NPR's Brenda Wilson reports from South Africa on the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Johannesburg. Representatives of 33 countries that belong to the movement signed a resolution condemning the pending lawsuit filed by major drug companies in an attempt to prevent South Africa from importing generic AIDS treatment drugs.

Joshua Levs of member station WABE reports from Atlanta on day four of the Comair pilots strike. Pilots for Delta Airlines, who also threaten to strike, are watching the Comair negotiations carefully. The Comair and Delta pilots share an issue: they insist that pay and benefits for pilots at regional air carriers should be comparable to those at major airlines.

Lawmakers are facing questions about how public schools should be funded with more students taking classes online.

Pandemic predictions have been made — and then things would change. But based on models and studies (including a 1980s test that squirted virus up human noses), researchers have a new endgame thesis.

To conclude Morning Edition's week-long series of college admissions essays, we hear Leah Knobler of Cincinnati talk about her relationship with her overachieving older brother, Jonah.

NPR's Snigdha Prakash spoke with young millionaires who sold their AOL stock at just the right time.

Host Renee Montagne talks with Gwen Macsai , co-creator of the new ABC sitcom What About Joan?, based on Macsai's own life experiences. Macsai is a former commentator for NPR.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports from Beijing that an American citizen has been held by Chinese authorities for over a month without charge. The Chinese born academic, who now holds a U.S. passport, was detained in late February in southern China.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on an art exhibition in which all the pieces are made from old typewriters -- Underwoods, Olivettis and IBM Selectrics.

Robert Siegel talks to NPR's Adam Hochberg about officials in North Carolina who said they were testing a pig suspected of having foot-and-mouth disease. But the U.S. Agriculture Department says the tests turned out be negative.

Jazz pianist John Lewis died yesterday afternoon at his home in Manhattan. He was 80 years old. The cause of death was not disclosed. Lewis was the driving force behind the Modern Jazz Quartet -- one of the most popular groups in the history of jazz. Lewis and the group helped bring the worlds of classical music and jazz together. NPR's Tom Cole has an appreciation.

A U.S. agreement to share nuclear submarine technology with Australia caused a rift with France. On Friday President Biden reiterated to President Emmanuel Macron that France is a valued partner.