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Deidre Berger reports on the past week's events in the North Sea, where Shell Oil changed it's plans to dump an oil rig in the ocean, after protests from Greenpeace.

Jacki discusses the latest events in Bosnia with NPR's Andy Bowers in Sarajevo and NPR's Sylvia Poggioli in Belgrade. Today, the top UN general in the former Yugoslavia met with the Bosnian Serb military leader. They tried, but failed, to work out an arrangement for the Serbs to withdraw their heavy weapons from Sarajevo. Meanwhile, NATO officials met in Brussels to consider whether to resume military attacks against the Serbs.

NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS ON THE CONSTRUCTION MADNESS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE IN THE SUBURBS OF MOSCOW.

HOST ALEX CHADWICK AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI IN BELGRADE ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR A BOSNIAN PEACE, NOW THAT THREE SIDES IN THE WAR HAVE AGREED TO TALKS.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including NATO spokesperson Lt. Col. Janice Witt; President Bill Clinton nd UN Spokesperson Colin Murphy commenting on NATO's military action against erb rebels in Bosnia; and LA Detective Mark Furhman, Prosecutor Marcia Clark nd Judge Lance Ito on the OJ Simpson trial.

FOLKLIFE: THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION IS HOSTING ITS ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLIFE DOWN ON THE NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND THIS YEAR THE FESTIVAL, WHICH RUNS THROUGH JULY 4TH, IS FEATURING MUSIC FROM NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN, RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN CHORAL ENSEMBLES, PLUS CAPE VERDEAN MUSIC AND MUSICIANS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the worst single ship isaster in the history of the U.S. Navy. The USS Indianapolis, after dropping ff the atomic bomb, was torpedoed in the South Pacific. 1,100 men were thrown nto the water, but no rescue operations were mounted, due to bureaucratic issteps. For five days, the men battled sharks, fatigue, fear and sunstroke efore they were finally spotted and picked up. Only 316 survived. Afterwards, he captain of the ship was court-martialed and publicly humiliated. He ventually committed suicide. We hear from Jim O'Donnell, one of the remaining urvivors of the Indianapolis, and Dan Kurzman, author of "Fatal Voyage, The inking of the USS Indianapolis." (MacMillan & Pocket Books).

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI IN GENEVA ABOUT A SOMEWHAT CONTRADICTORY PLAN FOR PEACE REACHED YESTERDAY THAT WOULD BOTH DIVIDE AND UNIFY BOSNIA.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Conor O'Clery, Washington orrespondent for the Irish Times newspaper, about the current state of the eace process in Northern Ireland, the one-year anniversary for the official easefire in the troubled region, and Gerry Adams, head of the political wing of he I.R.A., who will be in Washington this week.