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Commentator Stuart Chifet [shih-FAY] says Cyberspace allows everyone to be an active receipient of information, unlike previous media, like television or radio. We can move forward in cyberspace at the pace we determine.

WITH TENSIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND TAIWAN AT AN ALL TIME HIGH, OLD BOMB SHELTERS IN TAIPEI ARE REAPPEARING. NPR'S MARY KAY MAGISTAD REPORTS.

MIKE SHUSTER EXAMINES HOW U.S. AND RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN BOSNIA.

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NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on the arrest today of a former National Security Agency employee charged with spying during the Cold War. The Justice Department alleges that Robert Lipka passed classified documents to the Soviet Union in the 1960's. (5:00) -B- 8. TEXAS FIRES -- Linda talks with Jeff Edwards, fire marshall of Parker County, Texas, about the fires that have been burning out of control just west of Forth Worth. Speaking from Poolville, Texas, Edwards says firefighters have contained one blaze that has destroyed 20,000 acres but worries about two more fire that are still burning.

GARDENING CONSULTANT KETZEL LEVINE INTRODUCES SCOTT TO ROBERT KOURIK WHO TELL US ABOUT HIS NEWSLETTER: BOB'S HONEST TO GOODNESS NEWSLETTER. (6:00) -- to subscribe write to: Robert Kourik P.O. Box 1841, Santa Rosa, CA. 95402. It costs $20 for a subscription.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr reveals funding figures or two of the country's most secret government agencies.

Liane Hansen speaks with Irish Times correspondent Conor O'Clery bout the current state of peace in Northern Ireland, and visits to the United tates by several of the key players in the peace process.

Beth Fertig of member station W-N-Y-C reports on the deteriorating condition of New York City Public School buildings. According to a study by the General Accounting Office, one-third of the nation's school buildings need major repairs. Fertig visits Public School 73 in Brooklyn, which is still heated by coal, and where the walls need to be repaired.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.