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President Clinton yesterday certified that Mexico is a full ally in the war against illegal drugs. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

Danny speaks with NY Times correspondent Chris Hedges about accused war criminal Radovan Karadzic and his current profiteering.

Remember the U.S. Embassy in Moscow scandal? During its construction, Soviet workers filled it with so many bugging devices, the US abandoned the project in the mid 80s. After a decade of finger pointing and political wrangling, a 100% American work crew has begun tearing down part of the Embassy building ....the first stage of a 250 million dollar renovation. NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Moscow.

NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports on a study concerning patients with moderately severe Alzheimer's Disease. It seems that those who were given vitamin E -- which protects brain cells -- progressed more slowly to the more debilitating stages of the disease.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports on an effort by eight officials of the FBI and the CIA to overcome the two agencies' longstanding inability to work closely together on espionage issues. The Justice Department reported this week that lack of communication between the two agencies was in part responsible for delaying capture of U.S. spy Aldrich Ames. The group of eight has found that despite very different cultures, the FBI and CIA can greatly benefit by sharing information.

Ray talks with Beth Luman, a statistician with the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention section of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. They discuss a study that indicates the levels of harmful drinking by pregnant women increased fourfold between 1991 and 1995.

Ray talks with Reverend Juan Julio Wicht, who was one of the hostages being held by Tupac Amaru rebels inside the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru. 71 hostages were released on Tuesday after an armed raid by Peruvian military forces. They talk about Rev. Wicht's ordeal, getting a day-by-day account of his imprisonment, and about what happened during the rescue effort.

-- N-P-R's Richard Gonzales reports that a federal judge has struck down a California initiative placing term limits on legislators and barring them from standing for office ever again. The lifetime ban was deemed an unconstitutional limit on voter choice.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on Vietnam's youth...a new generation that has no memory of the Vietnam War, and that has mixed feelings about Western society and politics.

NPR's Brian Naylor says there are new rules on Capitol Hill which require witnesses testifying at hearings to disclose their ties to federal funding.