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The BBC's Richard Carruthers reports on yesterday's meeting between roatian president Franjo Tudjman and President Clinton. The two leaders agreed o use American arbitration to settle disputes between the Muslim and Croat ommunities in the tense city of Mostar.

Chris Richard has this report on religious worship behind bars. Richard reports that while many prisoners search out the chapel or synagogue on prison grounds out of noble intentions, others use church as an opportunity for deadly deeds. The constant possibility of wrongdoing keeps chaplins and rabbis on their guard even though they say many inmates are sincerely interested in their own spiritual evolution.

Liane speaks with author Sir Ernst Gombrich (GOM-breesh) bout the sixteenth edition of "The Story of Art." The most popular book ever ritten about the history of art, it provides an introduction to the subject -- rom the earliest cave paintings to popular art of today (Phaidon Press, 1995)

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

SCOTT TALKS WITH KETZEL AND ELIOT COLEMAN, AUTHOR OF "The New Organic Grower's Four Season Harvest," (Chelsea Green Publishing Co., P.O. Box 130, Route 113, Post Mills, Vermont 05058-0130) ABOUT ELIOT'S FOUR-SEASON GARDEN IN, OF ALL PLACES...COASTAL NORTHERN MAINE -- A GARDEN HE HARVESTED VEGETABLES FROM THIS WEEK!

A U.S. SOLDIER ASKED NPR TO DELIVER A TAPE DETAILING HIS ACTIVITIES IN BOSNIA TO HIS FAMILY STATIONED IN GERMANY---AND SAID WE COULD AIR SOME OF HIS THOUGHTS. SO WE DID.

President Clinton today announced a bi-partisan campaign to reduce teen pregnancies in the U.S. He named Dr. Henry Foster, his failed nominee for surgeon general, to head the campaign. We'll hear some of President Clinton's statement, in which he calls for an end to "children having children."

Robert speaks with Ian Lesser, an expert on Greek-Turkish relations at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, California. Lesser explains the events leading up to the current tensions between Greece and Turkey over another disputed island -- in addition to Cyprus -- and the wider ramifications for security in the eastern Mediterranean.

Tovia Smith reports that New Hampshire have been inundated with campaign ads in recent weeks as rivals for the Republican presidential nomination try to outdo each other on the airwaves. This unprecedented use of television advertising -- in a state where previous campaigns were waged mostly in living rooms and meeting halls -- is partly due to the massive influx of campaign spending by millionaire businessman Steve Forbes. Some analysts say the increasingly negative ads will only turn off voters.

Commentator Elissa Ely learns about the professional distance that a therapist is expected to keep from her patients. But during her residency, she meets Steven, a fascinating patient, who speaks like a professor, but eats like an animal and slips into delusions. From her interaction with him she learns to balance professional and human needs.