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JAPAN: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY IN TOKYO ABOUT AN APPRARENTLY FOILED "TERRORIST" PLAN BY THE CULT AUM SHINRI KYO FOR A JAPANESE-STYLE GAS ATTACK ON DISNEYLAND OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND.

THE AMERICA'S CUP TROPHY AND THE CREW OF THE NEW ZEALAND YACHT BLACK MAGIC ARRIVED THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO CELEBRATE, AT THE NEW ZEALAND EMBASSY, THEIR WIN OVER THE UNITED STATES TEAM LAST WEEK.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with award-winning lyricist, laywright and screenwriter Betty Comden about the ups and downs of her life as escribed in her recently published autobiography, "Off Stage" (Simon & chuster). With the help of lifelong collaborator Adolph Green, Comden is esponsible for some of the most widely recognized works in Hollywood and the heater, including the screenplay for "Singin' in the Rain," and the lyrics for eonard Bernstein's composition, "On the Town."

NEXT WEDNESDAY WILL MARK THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT. IN OBSERVANCE, THE MUSEUM OF TELEVISION AND RADIO IN NEW YORK CITY HAS BEGUN A LISTENING SERIES CALLED "FDR ON RADIO: THE VOICE OF AN ERA," WHICH WILL BE RUNNING THROUGH OCTOBER 1st. NPR'S MELISSA BLOCK ATTENDED A SYMPOSIUM AT THE MUSEUM.

Daniel talks to David Haerle, president of CMH Music and producer of the CD "Doggone Country: All Time Favorite Songs about Dogs." He says that there are not enough country songs about cats to produce a companion CD.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the legacy of the superpower "proxy" war in Afganistan. During the 1980's Afganistan's Mujahadeen captured world attention with it's ragtag resistence to the Soviet invasion. For the past three years the Mujahadeen have been fighting each other.

Fifty years ago this coming week American and Russian troops cut Adolph Hitler's Third Reich in two. So this weeks For The Record features the BBC's Edward Ward reporting in very high spirits from Torgau, Germany the site of the April 25th historic meeting.

CHECHNYA: THE TOWN OF SAMASHKY (sah-MASH-key), IN WESTERN CHECHNYA (CHECH-nee-ah), WAS REPORTEDLY THE SCENE OF A MASSACRE LAST WEEK COMMITTED BY RUSSIAN FORCES ATTEMPTING TO CAPTURE THE LAST REMAINING REBEL TOWNS. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH THOMAS GOLTZ, A CORRESPONDENT COVERING THE REGION FOR THE LONDON OBSERVER AND BUSINESS WEEK, WHO HAS BEEN TO SAMASHKY.

ISRAELI SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERING DOGS...STRAYS, HOUSE-PETS AND SHEPARD DOGS, IN THE WEST BANK TOWN OF HEBRON WHERE THE ARMY HAS IMPOSED A CURFEW ON PALESTINIAN RESIDENTS SINCE A DERANGED ISRAELI SETTLER MURDERED 29 WORSHIPPERS IN A MOSQUE IN FEBRUARY OF 1994.

WE HEAR REFECTIONS OF SOLDIERS WHO LIBERATED PRISONERS FROM THE BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP...AND WE ALSO HEAR SELECTIONS FROM EDWARD R. MURROW'S RADIO BROADCAST THE DAY OF LIBERATION OF BUCHENWALD, 50 YEARS AGO TODAY.