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Danny goes to the National Zoo here in Washington to examine efforts to teach orangutans how to communicate with humans. The zoo has developed an exhibit called "The Think Tank". We meet with Rob Shumaker, one of the key researchers at The Think Tank who shows us how he's teaching the orangutans a new, specially developed language of symbols. The hope, Shumaker says, is that one day the orangs will learn enough of this symbolic language that communication between humans and primates would be possible, at least on a limited basis.

due to go before the Supreme Court today on the copyright relating to computer software. >

200 miles away in Washington is having a negative effect on the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping some 97 points yesterday. Technology issues also have played a role in the downturn.

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Linda talks to N-P-R White House Correspondent Mara Liasson about today's presidential news conference.

DAN SCHORR TALKS WITH ANALYSTS RON FAUCHEUX AND TOM MANN ABOUT THE POLITICS OF THE BUDGET BATTLE.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH WASHINGTON POST COLUMNIST TONY KORNHEISER ABOUT HIS BOOK "PUMPING IRONY: WORKING OUT THE ANGST OF A LIFETIME" (Random

Danny speaks with Ann Marie Riley, a Catholic Relief Services worker based in the African country, Burundi. They discuss the escalating violence between ethnic Hutu and Tutsi in Burundi, which threatens the country with a genocide like that which took place in neighboring Rwanda nearly two years ago.

Irish Times correspondent Conor O'Clery joins Liane Hansen to iscuss the recent rash of killings in Ireland, attempts at disarmament, and ritish Prime Minister John Major's diminishing role in the peace process. A ood of pessimism seems to be creeping into Ireland, according to O'Clery

Chinese orphans are placed in horrendous conditions, eading the majority of them to die of starvation and medical neglect. NPR's ary Kay Magistad reports on a study by Human Rights Watch/Asia, a U.S.-based onitoring group, which finds that the Chinese government singled out children or starvation in order to stabilize orphange populations.