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Instead of fighting off rebel assaults, the Zairean army is looting and pillaging and generally contributing to the country falling apart.

- For the people of Manila, the APEC summit is the largest gathering ever to take place in their city. In the first of an occasional series of audio postcards from our correspondents, NPR's Julie Mccarthy explores how the Philippinos prepare for a summit.

on the problems confronting hundreds of thousands of Hutu refugees returning to Rwanda from camps in eastern Zaire.

, public acceptance of homosexuality has increased 10-percent. There are more gay and lesbian characters on prime time T.V. than ever before. But some say these characterizations are not always very realistic.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that oyster harvesting along parts of the Gulf of Mexico, from South Florida to Texas, is in danger because of a large algal bloom, usually called "red tide." The algae can be toxic to fish and other sea creatures...and that toxin cannot be destroyed by cooking, so the area's entire seafood harvest could be destroyed along parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana.

that the EPA is expected to issue as early as today. The new rules will be costly and are expected to trigger a political fight.

Liane Hansen continues her conversation from last week ith Michael Eric Dyson about his new book "Race Rules, Navigating the Color ine." This week they discuss national African-American leaders. 8:20

For the past two weeks in the former Soviet-Repubilc of elarus voters have faced a controversial referendum. If passed, it will greatly xpand the powers of the presidency. NPR's Andy Bowers visited the capital, insk, and profiles Natalia -- a young democrat running for Parliament in a ountry that still clings to its communist past.

to Thailand.

Robert talks with Hirsh Goodman, editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Report, about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's defiant statement today that Jewish settlements will continue to grow. Netanyahu said this while visiting Ariel, a large settlement on the West Bank, also pledging that no settlement would be uprooted to satisfy Arab demands. Goodman says the Prime Minister is placating right-wing voters who were instrumental in getting him elected earlier this year.