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Danny speaks to Rwanda's Ambassador to the United States, Theogene Rudasingwa. The Rwandan diplomat says the return of the refugees back home obviates the need for a multinational force, whose original mission was to secure the refugees against attacks by Hutu militiamen. With the militamen now on the run, Rudasingwa says his country can be responsible for security. But he now wants international donors who sustained the refugees in their camps to give the funds to Rwanda for their resettlement.

a million Rwandan refugees. The abrupt return has raised doubts among members of the multinational peace force for Zaire about the need for military intervention.

in the 1967 Six Day War. The area is considered the key to any possible peace agreement between Israel and Syria.

on education.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that it is not easy for people to immigrate legally to the United States, as the case of two sisters from the Philippines shows. More than a half million Filipinos are waiting to join relatives in the States, but that wait can take decades.

. Today, the Ford Motor Company will produce its two-hundred-and 50-millionth vehicle, AND this year marks the one hundredth birthday of automobile production in the U.S. We'll hear from Ralph NAder, New York City's traffic commissioner, a car loving poet, and from Tom and Ray, the hosts of Car Talk.

Bob Dole's campaign bus rolled through a rainy New Jersey today. Attempting to capitalize on what aides characterize a strong showing in the first presidential debate, the Republican nominee hopes his tax cut plan and focus on trust will appeal to the state's swing voters. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Tess Vigeland of member station WBUR reports that the Boston Latin School has settled out of court with a family that sued the school to protest a special entrance provision for minority students. As part of the settlement, the city's school board will drop special racial admissions categories for the city's prestigious Boston Latin School, and for two other top schools. The student and her family sued after she was denied admission despite receiving higher test scores than some minority students who were admitted.

Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell reviews the movie "Set It Off."

some parents in Southern California into keeping their kids indoors on Halloween.