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NPR's Jacki Lyden reports on the support Muslim countries are showing for the Bosnian government. Iran and other Islamic countries say that they will ignore the United Nations embargo of arms to Bosnia, with the support of the 52 member nations of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

YOU'LL HEAR THREE EERIE, HAUNTING GHOST STORIES.

Bob Mondello reviews the movie "Unzipped," a documentary about fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi.

Host Liane Hansen continues her conversation with echno-culture commentator Rich Dean about the legal and ethical issues urrounding pornography and erotica on the Internet.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with William Quandt, professor of nternational Relations at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. rofessor Quandt was an advisor on the Middle East during the Carter dministration, and provides historical context, as well as current analysis, of he self-rule agreement on the West Bank in Israel.

LIANE HANSEN

The PUZZLE INTERNET ADDRESS is puzzle@npr.org.

A new report released this week by the Census Bureau reports that the percentage of foreign-born people in the United Sates has reached the highest point since 1940. Jackie talks to Jeffery Passell, a demographer and one of the authors of the report who says that despite the conventional wisdom of the moment the data show that legal immigrants are likely to be highly educated and employed.

ALTHOUGH THE DRUG THALIDOMIDE (thuh-LID-duh-mide) WAS PROVEN TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS IN THE 1960'S AFTER PREGNANT WOMEN WERE GIVEN THE DRUG TO RELIEVE MORNING SICKNESS, SCIENTISTS NOW SAY THAT THE DRUG SHOWS GREAT PROMISE IN TREATING PEOPLE WITH A NUMBER OF DISEASES...INCLUDING AIDS. RACHEL GOTBAUM REPORTS THAT THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS THREATENING TO CRACKDOWN ON THE SALE OF THE DRUG ILLEGALLY THROUGH UNDERGROUND BUYERS CLUBS.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MELANIE LOMAX, A LOS ANGELES DEFENSE ATTORNEY ABOUT THE O.J. SIMPSON CASE, WHICH WAS FINALLY SENT TO JURY YESTERDAY.