For the first time since Ataturk secularized Turkey at the end of World War I, the Turkish parliament has approved an Islamic fundamentalist as Prime Minister. The emergence of an Islamic-oriented government in this traditionally pro-western NATO nation has caused concern and apprehension inside the country and without. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports. 13. WAR CRIMES -- The international prosecutor at the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague has requested arrest warrants for two Bosnian Serb Leaders. Noah talks about the evidence at the trial, and the fact that prosecutor Mark Harmon claims that these hearings are not enough. >Music 2B CUTAWAY 0:59 Music Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 2B 0:29 RETURN2 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 2C 14. PHILIP JOHNSON IS 90 -- Architect Philip Johnson, the man who designed the AT&T building in New York and Pennzoil Plaza in Houston, among many other buildings, is 90 today. Johnson's career has followed the evolution of architecture in this century. Critics say he has the greatest architectural presence of modern times, and that no one has known better where architecture was going decade after decade. NPR's Susan Stamberg profiles the architect.
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