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Refugee operations are being shut down at Guantanamo Naval Base. The base at the eastern tip of Cuba became a center of U.S. refugee operations during the summer of 1994, when thousands of Cubans and Haitians trying to reach the United States by boat or raft were intercepted at sea by U.S. Navy ships and brought to Guantanmo. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports the last Cubans to leave the base will be resettled in the United States by the end of this month.

WEEKEND EDITION'S DAN SCHORR DISCUSSES RUSSIA'S STANDOFF WITH CHECHEN REBELS, AND WHAT IT MEANS BOTH TO INTERNAL RUSSIAN POLITICS AND -RUSSIA'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS, WITH MELOR STURUA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S HUBERT HUMPHREY CENTER AND STEVE SESTANOVICH AT THE CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN WASHINGTON.

NPR'S ERIC WEINER REPORTS ON THE UPCOMING PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS -- THE FIRST-EVER DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS FOR PALESTINIANS ON THEIR TERRITORY.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the debate in Los Angeles over how to prepare for the next big earthquake. In the two years since the Northridge quake, Los Angeles's biggest, scientists and engineers have discovered that while most buildings withstood the quake and loss of life was relatively low, the cost of repairing buildings so people could reoccupy them has been overwhelming.

Commentator Donna D'Amico Mayer describes the experience of being left by her husband of 20 years.

to be convicted on the testimony of a witness's recovered memory, will be re-tried. Last April, a federal judge overturned his conviction, but yesterday, the district attorney from the original trial said he will prosecute Franklin again.

REPORTER DEBORAH AMOS TELLS ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC'S U.N. AMBASSADOR, KAROL KOVANDA, WHOSE JOB AS SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT RECENTLY EXPIRED.

Noah speaks with Sherry Folsom of the San Onofre (oh-NO-for- ree) nuclear power plant about four kittens that were discovered late last week in the nuclear power plant. We check in on there progress. The kittens, Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Neutron are doing fine and show minimal traces of cesium and cobalt. The kittens had traces of nuclear dust, but Ms. Folsom says they are doing fine and will probably grow up to be healthy cats.

Robert and Linda play excerpts from the favorite songs of six of the Republican Presidential Hopefuls and ask the audience to NAME THAT CANDIDATE!

who was part of the team that developed the first fully electronic computer, ENIAC, which was demonstrated to the public on this date fifty years ago.