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NPR's Tom Gjelten reports the House of Representatives today passed a bill that would impose sanctions against foreign individuals or companies investing in Iran or Libya's oil industries. The legislation is similar to the Helms-Burton Law, which punishes certain foreign firms doing business in Cuba. As with Helms-Burton, the Iran-Libya bill is raising the ire of America's trading partners, who say it violates international rules of free trade.

Robert speaks with Marjorie Miller, Los Angeles Times Bureau Chief in Jerusalem, about the meeting in Gaza today of the Palestine National Council. For decades, the P-N-C has been the government in exile for Palestinians. This is the group's first meeting in territory controlled by Palestinians and Yasser Arafat is asking the council to remove their constitutional clause calling for the destruction of Israel. Many of the participants have rejected any accommodation with Israel in the past.

Anderson and Lieutenant Commander William G. Stubbs, who collided yesterday during combat training exercises in FA-18A Hornet fighter jets and managed to fly their damaged aircraft back to base...

on the increasing debate over today's "Take Our Daughters to Work Day".

to pass today the budget that was agreed upon last night. The Congressional leadership is claiming victory in the compromise legislation, but the spending package falls far short of the reforms Republicans had originally hoped for. Peter Kenyon reports.

Jacki speaks with reporter Denise Hamilton of Wired Magazine about the problem of computer software copyright infringement in the United States. This week, the US announced that it would impose trade sanctions on China because illegal reproductions of computer software are being sold there for a fraction of the price of authentic software. Hamilton says that the problem is serious WITHIN our borders as software bootleggers are becoming ever-more sophisticated.

The Supreme Court sided with gay rights activists today by throwing out a Colorado constitutional amendment. The measure had said that laws could NOT be enacted that protected homosexuals from discrimination. The justices ruled against the amendment by a 6-to-3 vote. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports that the majority opinion said the amendment would have denied gays a political right enjoyed by other people...the right to seek protection against discrimination.

Scott and news analyst Daniel Schorr talk about the week's top news stories.

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Chris Nuttall (NUT-ll) reports that Turkey has begun training the first contigent of soldiers from the Bosnian Federation Army. The army is composed of Muslim troops who are allied against the Bosnian Serb army. Turkey is teaching federation army soldiers how to use tanks and heavy artillery.