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CIA official Harold Nicholson pleaded not guilty to a spying charge today. Nicholson is accused of providing Russia with U.S. classified documents and revealing the identities of agents during the last two years. NPR's Paul Miller reports.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Nairobi reports that questions have been raised about a planned air drop of relief supplies to Rwandan refugees in Zaire. Zaire's government opposes the plan. The supplies are intended for refugees who have been cut-off by fighting between the Zairean government and rebels.

Linda talks with Michael Mandel, Economics Editor for Business Week Magazine and the author of High Risk Society: Peril & Promise in the New Economy . They discuss how 1996 was a record year for mergers, and they talks about the pros and cons of having a highly concentrated marketplace for certain goods and services.

Steve Tripoli has a report on the annual two-week intensive lobster harvest in New England, which culminates this week. The harvest and shipping season coincides with the tremendous seasonal demand in Europe for lobsters, which are part of the traditional New Year's meal in that part of the world.

Noah talks with Harry Robidoux, the director of Emergency Management Servic in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Robidoux led the search for a family of four whose plane crashed in the Pocono Mountains. Gary and Marie Knapp and their two children had been on their way home from visiting relatives in Massachusetts for Thanksgiving when their plane went down. All four survived, thanks to the rescue efforts which discovered the family some sixteen hours after the crash.

The Working Group on U.S. Presidents Disability, a private commission, examines whether the 25th Amendment provides enough contingencies for a smooth transition and sufficient guidelines for succession of power, in the event that a sitting president's physical or mental health is impaired. The group, which includes four former White House physicians, historians, and scientists, is reviewing past questions about presidential disability such as those surrounding Presidents Kennedy, Wilson and Reagan. Joanne Silberner reports.

where Serbian authorities have closed down the country's only remaining independent radio station.

for major parts of development work on its enlarged 747 jumbo jets... these new planes are designed to carry more than 500 people farther than any current plane.

From Belgrade, NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on the continuing protests against the regime of President Slobodan Milosevic by opposition party supporters and students. They're protesting the annulment of municipal elections held on November 17th, which Milosevic's opponents appeared to win. Thousands marched in front of the Serbian Parliament..the largest crowd yet in the 17 days of demonstrations. Earlier in the day, student protestors warned of possible fighting in the streets, and ninety judges joined in the opposition to Milosevic by demanding a re-examination of the election annulment rulings.

Carolyn Jack reports from Toronto that the beleaguered chief of Canada's armed forces resigned today....amid widespread calls for General Jean (JAHN) Boyle's removal over his alleged involvement in a coverup of the 1993 torture and murder of a Somali civilian by Canadian peacekeepers. Boyle's decision to step down follows the resignation last week of Canada's defense minister. An official inquiry is continuing into what Canadians call the "Somalia affair."