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Linda talks with Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican congresswoman from Miami. She says Clinton's measures don't go far enough in response to Cuba's provocation.

in the New Hampshire primary to conservative commentator Pat Buchanan raises concerns about his candidacy. Supporters say the loss should serve as a wake-up call to the Republican party.

Noah speaks with NPR's political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold, who has been been traveling with the Dole campaign. After his disappointing second place finish in New Hampshire Tuesday, Arnold says Dole will have to get tough to stop conservative rival Pat Buchanan from embarrassing him in upcoming primaries.

Dr. John Caronna, a professor of clinical neurology, tells Noah that the story of Gary Dockery's waking up from a 7-year coma is not entirely accurate. Medically, Dockery has maintained consciousness, but severe brain damage from a gunshot wound limited his response to stimuli. Caronna says something energized him, increasing his ability to communicate. But it's unclear if he will continue to improve or not.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that commentator Pat Buchanan headed to Iowa today after his surprise win in yesterday's Louisiana caucuses. He beat Texas Sen. Phil Gramm, who had hoped that a strong lead in Louisiana would give him a boost in the Iowa caucuses next week. Both men saw the Louisiana race as a contest for the conservative Republican vote. A strong showing by the Christian right and the anti-abortion wing of the party was credited with Buchanan's victory. Both men, however, have an uphill fight in Iowa, where polls show many voters are leaning toward millionaire Steve Forbes.

As part of our campaign coverage, we've been hearing from candidates as they travel around the country seeking support. Senator Robert Dole, in a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership conference last month in Mobile, Alabama, says he wants to eliminate the departments of education, commmerce, energy and housing as a way to downsize the federal government. He says the United States has lost prestige as the leader of the free world because we haven't had a foreign policy. Dole says as president, American soldiers would not serve under United Nations command.

in the detention by the Bosnians of senior Bosnian Serb military leaders.

that owned the plane that went down near the Dominican Republic yesterday morning.

Robert talks with Hamid Araghie (aw-RAW-ghee), a journalist in Tehran about the arrival of Minister Louis Farrakhan in Iran and the reaction to a speech Farrakhan made yesterday at a rally celebrating the 1979 deposition of the Shah.

Noah talks with Kathy Landoldt, a dairy farmer just south of Tillamook in Oregon, about the flooding there. When the she and her husband returned to their farm after evacuating, they were surprised to find most of their livestock living. Some cows had water up to their chins and her husband had to milk them underwater.

who express increasing resentment about the presence of some 700,000 Rwandan refugees in nearby camps. This week, with approval from the United Nations, Zaire's government launched a campaign to convince the refugees to return to Rwanda voluntarily.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the indications of Yassar Arafat's impressive victory in the Palestinian elections last weekend may not be as straightforward as they seem.

with business interests now beginning to find that building solar power equipment can be profitable.

Alan Cheuse reviews a new novel by British writer Pier Paul Read. It's a thriller set in post Cold-War Berlin. The book is published by Random House.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports the Compuserve online service has reinstated most of the 200 discussion groups it had banned after German authorities complained about sexually explicit material on the internet. Compuserve said it was distributing software "filters" which will allow users to restrict access to certain newsgroups available through Compuserve.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that a new study conducted by the National Academy of Sciences found that the risk of cancer from both natural and unnatural carcinogens in food is neglible. While some foods contain chemicals that can cause cancer in animals, the levels are so low they pose no real dange, the report says. That especially true when compared to the risk for cancer from other things, such as eating too much fat, the report says.

NPR's White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports on the White House announcement today that First Lady Hillary Clinton will respond in writing, as she has in the past, to questions from the Senate Whitewater committee. She has also been subpoened to testify before a grand jury investigating the Whitewater affair.

Satire from Harry Shearer and an idea for helping to pay for a costly presidential bid.

Noah talks with Marc Ratner, president of the Association of Boxing Commissions, about boxer Tommy Morrison, who publicly announced he has the AIDS virus. Ratner says Morrison's career is essentially over, that it is illegal for him to fight in Nevada, and that he hopes other states will follow suit. Boxing, he says, is a bloodsport, unlike other sports, and that HIV-positive athletes have no place in the ring if there is a chance, no matter how small, of transmission of the virus to another boxer or a ringside observer.

Republicans campaigning in New Hampshire frequently mention young people, citing changes that have to be made "for the sake of our children and grand children." NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Jonathan Baer have talked to groups of young people and find many of their concerns are not being discussed.

Commentator Marion Winik explains her dislike of shopping and her inability to do it well.

by flooding along the Greenbrier River in the southeastern part of the state and along the Ohio River in the northwestern part.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on the testimony the Senate Whitewater Committee heard today from former White House communication director Mark Gearan. Gearan was asked about notes he took during a White House meeting just over two years ago regarding the appointment of a special prosecutor -- a move the First Lady opposed but one that the President called for.

public stage where he defended his recent trip to Libya, Iran and Sudan.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports that in the wake of Sunday's suicide attacks in Israel, Israelis are demanding that the PLO crack down on Muslim extremists, and make the terrorist organization, Hamas, illegal.