Search results for

Boutros - Daniel speaks with United Nations General Secretary Boutros Boutros Gali about the UN's predicament in Bosnia. Gali says that a negotiated settlement is still the best way to resolve the conflict, and that he is committed to keeping U-N peacekeepers in the region.

NPR's John Greenberg reports that China today said it had formally arrested a Chinese-American human rights activist named Harry Wu. Wu has been charged with illegally obtaining state secrets and conducting criminal activities. If convicted, he could be executed. Wu has been held by the Chinese since June, when he tried to enter CHina from Kazakhstan.

The PUZZLE INTERNET ADDRESS is puzzle@npr.org.

Recently a commission in Germany reached agreement on a Holocaust Memorial that would be built in Berlin. But now, many of Germany's conservatives, including Chancelor Helmut Kohl, say they're not happy with the design. And that's an opinion echoed by Germany's small Jewish community. Deidre Berger reports on the controversy.

The Clinton administration is expected to establish formal diplomatic relations with Vietnam sometime over the next few weeks. Michael discusses the issue with author Neal Sheehan who has written about Vietnam since 1962, when he covered the war. Sheehan recently visited Hanoi to report on how the Vietnamese are handling the dilemma of thsse Americans still 'Missing in Action'.

We hear comments and letters from our listeners.

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH KEITH DEVLIN, DEAN OF SCIENCE AT ST. MARY'S COLLEGE IN MORAGA, CALIFORNIA, EDITOR OF "FOCUS," THE NEWS MAGAZINE OF THE MATHEMATICS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK MATHEMATICS - THE SCIENCE OF PATTERNS: THE SEARCH FOR ORDER IN LIFE, MIND & THE UNIVERSE, (PUBLISHED BY W.H. FREEMAN, A SUBSIDIARY OF SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC.), ABOUT THE "GOLDEN AGE" OF MATHEMATICS. IN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS, SOME OF THE GREATEST MATH PUZZLES HAVE BEEN SOLVED.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

FROM MEMBER STATION KQED, JASON BEAUBIEN (BOH-bee-ann) PROFILES VETERAN POLITICIAN WILLIE BROWN, WHO IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT HE WILL BE RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND IF ELECTED, WOULD BECOME THE CITY'S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR.