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DANIEL SCHORR DISCUSSES U-S REACTION TO THE SHOOTING DOWN OF TWO CIVILIAN PLANES OFF CUBA WITH CONGRESSWOMAN ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (ILL-lee-ah-nuh ross-LAY-tin-en), OF SOUTH FLORIDA, AND WAYNE SMITH, A LATIN AMERICAN SPECIALIST AT THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICY IN WASHINGTON.

SUSAN REMARKS ON THE NEWS THIS WEEK THAT CHARLES AND DIANA ARE GETTING A DIVORCE.

NPR'S MARY KAY MAGISTAD REPORTS FROM BANGKOK ON THE SUMMIT MEETING BETWEEN EUROPEAN UNION AND EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with NPR'S Don Gonyea about the assisted suicide trial of retired pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Today the judge issued new instructions to the jury, which legal experts say could make it easier to convict Dr. Kevorkian.

Linda Gradstein reports from Tel Aviv on the bombing at a busy intersection that left at least a dozen people dead and more than 100 wounded. This is the fourth suicide bombing in 8 days. Splinters groups of the Islamist extremist organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the first two attacks and reportedly for the third.

Commentator and marine biologist Kathy Turco visits the shores of Southern Cook Inlet - an area under consideration for oil exploration. Later this spring the Interior Dept. will get a recommendation on opening the waterway to drilling. The water is rich in salmon - food for the bears that draw tourists to the region. Tourism is Alaska's second biggest industry after fishing. There is concern the oil industry's work will hurt the salmon.

Illinois is the 10th US state to pass a law allowing courts to take guns away from people convicted of abusing a spouse. NPR's Edward Lifson reports that the law has found its most vocal opponents among the state's police officers, who now face the prospect of losing their service revolver if they are convicted of spousal abuse.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr, thinks that the nd of the cold war should not be the end of our concerns about nuclear roliferation.

Liane Hansen speaks with William Greaves, an African-American ctor and movie producer, about the race films of the 1930s and 40s, which were reaction to the negative stereotypes of blacks in early Hollywood productions

Liane talks to Terry Pluto, author of "Falling From race: Can Pro Basketball Be Saved?" (Simon & Schuster). Pluto is sports olumnist for the Akron Beacon Journal about the future of professional asketball.