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A commentary from retired Lt. General Thomas McInerney who argues in favor of passage of the Chemical weapons Convention...a treaty that will make chemical weapons illegal. He says the U.S. military supports this treaty because there is scant military advantage to keeping chemical weapons and defending against them is an impediment to fighting forces.

and crash that killed 230 people. Searchers got a big break yesterday when they located a 30-by-60 foot section of the plane's fuselage... they also recovered six more bodies. The investigation has been hampered by bad weather, and mechanical and logistical problems.

Robert Siegel talks to Christopher Floss, editor of Jane's Land Based Air-Defense - a book on military weapons. Floss talks about speculation that a surface to air missiles was responsible for the downing of TWA flight 800. He says that although it would be very difficult for soemone to obtain a surface to air missile, and its use requires very special training-- it is possible.

- Daniel talks with NPR's Mike Shuster about Radovan Karadzic's resignation as President of the Bosnian Serbs. Western diplomats say it only fulfills part of their demands because he refuses to relinquish his title as leader of the party. In other news, Mostar held peaceful elections today. Peacekeepers hope Mostar's example will set the tone for national elections coming up in the fall.

- NPR's Anne Garrels reports that Russian President Boris Yeltsin is trying to appeal to voters by using the theme of returning to Russia's religious past. His opponent, Gennady Zyuganov is trying the same thing, but many Russian clergy are wary of Zyuganov's intentions.

- Daniel talks with John White, a professor of political science at Catholic University in Washington D.C....and Ruy Teixiera (ROO-e tuh-SHARE-uh) of the Economic Policy Institute, also in Washington. Today is the 25th anniversary of the 26th Amendment to the Consitution. It's the one that gave 18 year olds the right to vote. Both men say that the percentage of 18-20 year olds who acutally vote has dropped since the Amendment was approved in 1971.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Jerusalem on the fallout from two incidents yesterday in which seven Israelis were killed. The first was a Hezbollah guerilla attack on Israeli soldiers in what Israel calls its 'security zone' in Southern Lebanon; the second incident occured in Israel itself, where two civilians were killed in an attack blamed on Palestinian gunmen. The violence brought outgoing Prime Minister Shimon Peres (shee-MOHN PEAR-ez) and his successor, Benjamin Netanyahu (n'tahn-YAH-hoo) together for talks. Netanyahu narrowly defeated Peres in last month's election, in part by promising Israelis greater security. But some analsyts say there's little that can be done to stop such attacks completely.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that scientists hav efound new evidence wxplaining why fireflies glow. Researchers have long known that fireflies flash as part of a mating ritual. In the new study, researchers found out specifically what it is about the glow that females find attractive-- females tend to mate with male fireflies that flash the fastest.

to mourn the American servicemen killed in the terrorist attack. At least five of the victims were from Eglin Air Force Base near Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The President will attend memorial services there on Sunday.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that the southern African nation of Angola is warily moving forward with a peace prcoess designed to end a devastating twenty-year civil war. But many are nervous about wheher the government and revels can see the process through. There still is tremendous distrust and the revels are lagging in demobilizing their troops.