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Gennady Zyuganov, who is challenging President Yeltsin in June's election.

NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports on tension between longtime Taiwanese residents and those who came from mainland some 50 years ago. Rising Taiwanese nationalism has become an issue in an election that will give an indication of whether Taiwan is heading toward independence. (8:15) -b- 7. SEA LION SHOOTING -- Jennie Schmidt of member station KPLU reports on the impending shooting of recidivist sea lions in Seattle. It's the same group that returns year after year to shipping locks in Puget Sound where steelhead trout swim upriver to spawn. There aren't many trout left, and wildlife biologists, having failed to dissuade the hungry sea lions, now want to shoot them.

Commentator Mickey Edwards wants to know when the terms -- liberals and progressives became synonomous? A clarification is need, because he says they have nothing to do with one another.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports..Whitewater special counsel Kenneth Starr today expanded his investigation. He will look into whether former presidential aide David Watkins lied about Hillary Clinton's role in the firing of employees of the White House Travel Office.

who's in Edmonton, Alberta, covering the World Figure Skating Championships. They discuss both women's and men's competition.

who refused to wear a blue beret and other United Nations insignia when assigned to a U.N. peacekeeping force in Macedonia last fall. Court martial preparations began in January, but yesterday his civilian lawyers argued in U.S. District Court in Washington that he should be given an honorable discharge as a conscientious objector.

President Clinton today unveiled the detailes of his 1.64 trillion dollar budget. It includes a new tax credit for families with small children, and a tax deduction for college fees, while it increases capital gains taxes for some investors. The budget increases federal spending by four per cent. The White House says the budget will lead to a balanced budget by the year 2002, and the President called on Congress to pass a balanced budget before the election. But Republican leaders were critical today. NPR's Mara Liasson reports. (5:00) -b- 9. IRS & 2nd BAPTIST - NPR's Lynn Neary reports on a new initiative that targets churches for I-R-S investigations. "Americans United for Separation of Church and State" filed a complaint today with the IRS against Second Baptist Church of Houston. The complaint accuses the church of violating its tax exempt status by publishing specific, partisan voting instructions in a project pamphlet. Second Baptist Church of Houston is one of the largest churches in the country with more than 22-thousand members.

continuing military exercises off the coast of Taiwan.