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NPR's Reena Advani reports on the unveiling of a new statue in Washington, DC to the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.

NPR'S Rob Gifford reports on a new retail delivery service in Beijing that accepts customer orders over the internet.

Melinda discusses the news of the week with NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr.

Melinda reads letters from listeners.

Melinda talks with Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about the new film, Almost Famous.

Melinda talks with reporter Jacki Roland in Belgrade about Sunday's presidential election in Yugoslavia.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr discusses Independent Counsel Robert Ray's Whitewater findings with former Whitewater counsel Richard Ben Veniste and Rep. Tom Coburn (R-OK).

BBC reporter Andrew Cassell) talks to Noah Adams about the trial of two Libyans accused of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland. Today a Libyan man who is a self-professed former double agent testified against one of the defendants, saying that the defendant kept explosives in his airport office.

Commentator Diana Nyad says with the media and fan demand on high-profile sports superstars, staying at the Olympic Village isn't quite what it was intended to be.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports from St. Petersburg on Democratic Presidential candidate Al Gore's efforts to win voter support in Florida for his Medicare reform plan. Florida is considered a critical state. Both Gore and his Republican opponent, George W. Bush, are offering proposals to add prescription drug coverage to the Medicare program.