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SUSAN TALKS WITH NEW YORK TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER DITH PRAN ABOUT THE DEATH THIS WEEK OF THE MAN WHO PORTRAYED HIM IN THE 1984 FILM "THE KILLING FIELDS." LIKE DITH PRAN --- HAING NGOR (HANG NOR) WAS A REFUGEE FROM CAMBODIA. HE WAS SHOT TO DEATH IN LOS ANGELES ON SUNDAY.

NPR's Michael Skoler visits Kikwit, Zaire almost a year after the ebola (ee-BOH-lah) epidemic broke out there. The virus appeared in May last year and is usually fatal. The epidemic was stopped but left 244 people dead. Scientists from the U-S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are testing samples of tens of thousands of insects and animals taken from the forest where the virus originated but still have not found the source. Hospital workers in Kikwit are still reluctant to treat patients, and while many people have overcome their fear of the disease, there remain superstitions and misinformation among the population.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Sarajevo. Despite the presence of United Nations police, thousands of Serbs from the suburbs are leaving one day before police from the Moslem Croat Federation move in. Many are without transportation and are leaving on foot through snow-covered mountains.

Gene Johnson of member station WNYC reports on the corruption- plagued New York Police Department and its efforts to restore the concept of ethics to the force. He also examines what it takes to be a "good cop."

NPR's Derek Reveron reports from Miami that Brothers to the Rescue, the group that lost two private planes when Cuban MiG's shot the down last Saturday, are gearing up to launch a flotilla of boats to the site of last week's downing. This next excursion, scheduled for this Saturday, will involve a fleet of boats as well as planes from the Brothers group, which has flown numerous missions intended to aid refugees fleeing Cuba by water.

Linda talks with Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert about the political fallout of the bombings. Olmert, a leading figure in the opposition Likud Party, says the bombings have focused the nation and the government on Israel's need for security and that some form of Israeli retaliation inside the Palestinian-administered areas is only a matter of time.

One of the first acts of the 104th Congress was to require members to comply with the federal workplace laws from which Congress has traditionally exempted itself. NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports that a new report says that means more than 40 percent of Congressional staffers should be getting overtime.

Linda talks with Rusty Paul, Georgia Republican Party state chairman, and Barbara McTurk, the Colorado State Republican Party vice chairwomen, about the primaries in their two states and the need for the Republicans to agree on their vision for the future.

party -- 20 years after the death of General Franco -- although it will not have a parliamentary majority.

Noah talks with reporter Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem about the latest developments in Israel after today's suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.