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Researchers have greated the most detailed map yet of where genes are located on the 23 pairs of human chromosomes. Approximately 20% of the 100,000 genes in humans are now located on the map, and this should help other researchers figure out how these genes affect human health. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

NPR's Silvia Poggolli and Tom Gjelton report on today's elections in the former Yugoslavia.

Daniel talks with columnist and author Art Buchwald about his new book, "I'll Always Have Paris." Buchwald says it was an extraordinary time period (1940s, 50s, early 60s) when many writers lived there--and he and he was in the center of everything as the food and social critic for the Herald Tribune.

Daniel talks with Adeed Daweesha, professor of Middle East Politics and History at George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia. Daweesha says he believes the United States is not REALLY interested in getting rid of Saddam Hussein rather of keeping him at bay. Daweesha says there are compelling reasons why the U.S. and others would rather have Hussein in power than out.

to three Gulf Arab states to secure support for continued military and economic pressures against Iraq.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that the State Department has issued a new warning to Iraq about its air defense systems within the Allied-patroled no-fly zones over Iraq, but military action seems increasingly unlikely despite the week's buildup of retaliatory forces around the Persian Gulf.

In California today, Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole addressed high school students about the dangers of drug use and chastised the entertainment and fashion industries for glamorizing drugs. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

of ' >Civilization' magazine about history's worst presidential candidates.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that Bob Dole's latest move to try to capture voters shows Dole's desperation as the campaign comes to a close.

are being developed to play an ever-more important role in the lives of disabled people. >