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Russia is angry over the White House's decision to block the sale of ultra-fast supercomuters to Moscow. The Russians say they need the technology to conduct virtual nuclear tests so that they won't have to conduct real nuclear testing, which is forbidden under September's nuclear test ban treaty. NPR's Andy Bowers reports the decision demonstrates the lingering distrust surrounding the nuclear arms race.

about the make-up of committees in the new Congress and the legislative agenda.

Savi Chadri reports on the condition of Mother Teresa, who underwent surgery today for a heart condition. Doctors said the elderly nun would have died without the surgery. Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with the poor of Calcutta.

who perform in New York City's subway. The C.D. is called " Subplay" and it mixes 10 different styles, from blues to jazz to Chinese folk music. " Subplay" was produced by two young native New Yorkers who grew up listening to subway concerts.

NPR's Dean Olsher looks at the prosperous business built around re-issued jazz recordings.

, has turned the once-gray city into a festival of lights.

NPR's Edward Lifson reports on the rebuilding of Bosnia. The area has been quiet for nearly a year and hopes for easing unemployment lies heavily on the reconstruction. The United States has loaned money, as has the Islamic community. Glass is being installed, roofs are being built over burnt out houses. The rush is on to beat the winter weather. But Bosnians know that rebuilding their country will be a long-term struggle.

Poet and Commentator Andre Codrescu brings us a modern adaptation of an old Romanian fairy tale. Set in modern New Orleans, it is a cautionary tale about a wish for eternal youth. A young couple tries desperately to have a child. Finally when they were about to give up, a supernatural method brings them a baby, but at a cost...they must promise him that he'll never grow old. When the child, nicknamed Almond Joy, turns 18, he sets out on a quest for what his parents can't deliver. He winds up in the Valley of Christmas, but this paradise of eternal youth bores him and he hits the road. But when he arrives in New Orleans, there is nothing there. His home is covered with dust and Almond Joy has become an old man.

Linda speaks with Elizabeth Neuffer, the European Bureau chief for the Boston Globe, about the problems facing the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. The Tribunal must serve justice to those who participated in the genocidal attacks on Rwanda's Tutsi people in 1994. More than half a million people were slaughtered. Neuffer says the Tribunal's efforts have been hindered by a lack of funding, staffing, and equipment, as well as corruption inside the Tribunal itself.

their image of manufacturing low-quality products by sending care packages to the East during the holiday season.