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Linda Gradstein reports from Tel Aviv on the trial of Yigal Amir, who has confessed to killing Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. On the day the prosecution rested its case, it was clear that the defense was in disarray and that Amir might be forced to use an insanity defense.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says although the United States declared last fall that indicted war criminals would not remain in power after the Bosnian peace accord was enacted, Radovan Karadzic and Gen. Ratko Mladic, the two most notorious of those indicted, still roam freely in Bosnia.

Robert talks to poet Catherine Bowman about the work of Czeslaw Milosz, 84-year-old poet and Nobel Laureate.(8:00) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 6. RETURN TO KIKWIT. 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.

Democrat Ron Wyden wins the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Bob Packwood -- before interest groups were taking credit. Environmentalists, pro-choicers, unions, and the Democratic Party all say they made the difference in the reed-slim victory margin. NPR's Wendy Kaufman finds local pols saying negative campaigning, the weather, and the first-ever mail-in balloting had more to do with the result.

Robert talks to Senator Frank Murkowski of Alaska, about his effort to change the Amtrack decision of dropping the names of some of its trains, like the Night Owl, and replacing the names with numbers.

WHO'S TREAT IS IT ANYWAY? Roving commentator Bob Garfield went to San Francisco to explore the Rice-A-Roni saga.. and was stunned by what he discovered.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch has this profile of former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander, who has used a strong finish in the Iowa caucuses to emerge among the top three contenders to win Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. Alexander's surge in the polls has brought a new wave of media scrutiny and questions about whether Alexander's folksy, conservative image squares with his record.

(STEREO) - Linda visits people and politicians in the two neighboring New England states to find out why the aura around them is so different. Though they both have small, mostly rural populations, New Hampshire is conservative and anti-tax, while Vermont is seen as progressive on environmental and economic issues. Linda explores the historical and geological differences between the two states as well.

- Diplomats at the United Nations say they worry that Africa is once again becoming the forgotten continent. NPR's Trevor Rowe reports that conflicts such as that in Burundi are getting minimal attention as the world's powers express growing impatience for becoming embroiled in struggles among African peoples.

What are the bonds that link fans to their hometown sports teams? From Tempe, Arizona, NPR's Tom Goldman visits with fans who travelled from Dallas and Pittsburgh to see their teams compete in the Super Bowl.

Danny talks about the latest political news out of New Hampshire, two days before the primary, with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold. They examine the significance of today's decision by Senator Phil Gramm to endorse Bob Dole for the Republican presidential nomination. The New Hampshire race appears to be centered on three leading contenders: Dole, Pat Buchanan, and Lamar Alexander.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from London that British Police have arrested two men in connection with the IRA bomb attack ten days ago in East London. And, today, the Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for a second bombing in London last night that killed one person and destroyed a bus.

In order to promote "traditional" family values, the Virginia Housing Authority, has decided to stop making housing loans to gays and unmarried single people. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that the agency, which loans money to low and moderate-income first-time home buyers, has taken the step at the urging of Republican Gov. George Allen. Federal officials are examining policy changes for possible civil rights violations.

week's Arizona primary. Arizona has 39 delegates to send to the Republican convention.

One of America's grestest and most prolific composers died last night. Reporter Dean Olsher interviewed him just a few months ago and offers an appreciation.

columnist with the Wilmington News Journal, about this Saturday's state presidential primary, the first-ever for Delaware. The campaign there has not generated much media or candidate attention. Only two candidates have campaigned in Delaware so far.

Richard Holbrooke to rescue the Dayton Accord. The Bosnian Serbs' refuse to negotiate with IFOR over the detention by the Bosnian government of four of their senior Serb army officers for alleged war crimes.

Tonight in Iowa results of the long-awaited GOP caucus will be announced. Robert talks with Hugh Weinbrenner, professor of public administration at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa about what the Iowa cuacus is all about. Professor Weinbrenner explains what happens at a caucus and why they exist.

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in the 1996 Republican presidential campaign. Gramm is expected to formally announce his decision later today in Washington, D.C.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on the decision by the Navy to ground all F-14 fighter planes for the next three days. An F-14 Tomcat crashed in the Persian Gulf near the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz today. There were no fatalities in the crash today, but seven people died in two other F-14 crashes in recent weeks.

battle for the hearts and minds of the Republicans voters.

Robert Siegel and Linda Wertheimer discuse the tendency of politicians, especially those now running for president, to refer to themselves in the third person. He then recreates some great lines in history with this locution.

Jacki reports on the turmoil in the Canadian province of Ontario over budget cutbacks. The Conservative government of Premier Mike Harris has cut about 8-million dollars in spending so far in an effort to curb a 100-million dollar debt. On Friday and Saturday, tens of thousands of union workers rallied in Hamilton, Ontario to protest government policies. The province faces a strike by members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) at 12:01 Monday morning. Union offices warned the walk-outs would escalate, with as many as 55-thousand of the province's 81-thousand union workers off the job by mid-week.The chief issue in contract talks between the union and the government is job security. On Friday, the government announced an 18-percent cut in provincial hospitals and as many as 20-thousand layoffs of hospital workers during the next year.