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NPR'S Steve Inkseep reports from Long Island on the latest developments with the recovery effort and investigation into the crash of TWA flight 800. He also reports that two of the planes engines have been located.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Dr. Jeanne-Marie Col of the United Nations about the Great Tangshan (tang-SHUN) earthquake which occured in northeast China 20 years ago this week. Col recounts how the citizens of Qinglong (Ching-long) were able to accurately predict the quake, take precautionary measures, and thereby prevent any loss of life. By contrast, in the city of Tangshan and other nearby areas where people did not take such measures, it is estimated that 240-thousand people died and over 600-thousand were injured.

Susan talks with NPR's Adam Hochberg about the mood inside the Olympic Village after this morning's explosion.

- Joe Neel reports from Vancouver Canada where an International AIDS Conference is taking place. Experts there are hopeful of a new treatment that reduces the level of HIV infection to undetectable levels.

about the transportation and information snafus at the Olympics.

NPR'S Vicky O'hara reports on an Amnesty International report released today that is highly critical of Israel. The report says Israel broke international law when it shelled a U-N compound last spring in Southern Lebanon. The London-based human rights group says the shelling was deliberate. More than one-hundred refugees were killed.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali...who has announced he wants to serve another term...is going to face a major hurdle in the race: The United States. The Clinton Administration plans to block his re-election using the U.S. veto at the U.N.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a ruling by the California Supreme Court that significantly affects the state's "three-strikes" law. The law required judges to sentence felons to 25 years to life after their third conviction. The state supreme court has ruled that judges should have discretion to hand down a lighter sentence.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the upcoming Arab summit of heads of state in Cairo. This will be the first such summit in six years. They're getting together to forge a common policy toward Israel's new government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. The alliances in the Arab world seem to be falling into two camps...hardliners, headed by Syrian President Hafez Assad, and moderates, headed by Jordan's King Hussein.

is taking up a series of confrontational positions on sensitive issues.