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Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Betty Serow (pronounced like "zero") from Tallahassee, Fla. She listens to member stations WFSU and WFSQ in Tallahassee.)

Arab League foreign ministers gathered in Cairo indicate that Iraq is likely to accept the terms of the U.N. resolution calling for disarmament. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

NPR's Liane Hansen talks with soprano Renee Fleming about her new CD Bel Canto, which includes scenes from an opera she's performing at the Met, Il Pirata (The Pirate) by Vincenzo Bellini.

A Pittsburgh program tries to get barbershops in African-American neighborhoods to help spread preventative-health messages. NPR's Rachel Jones reports.

Vocational education programs such as shop and auto repair have disappeared from school offerings in recent years. But Ukiah High School north of San Francisco still has a wood shop, allowing students to experiment with hand tools and learn basic skills. NPR's Elaine Korry reports.

As the terms of NAFTA gradually reduce protective tariffs on agricultural goods sent to Mexico, small farmers south of the border feel the effects. Many say NAFTA is destroying their livelihood. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports.

Snigdha Prakash reports on the recipe behind the diet drug Metabolife's billion-dollar -- and possibly deadly -- success.

NATO leaders open a two-day summit in Prague by formally offering membership to seven nations formerly under communist control. The addition of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia increases NATO membership to 26 nations. More from NPR's Don Gonyea.

Congress passes legislation that makes it easier for victims of terrorism to collect money from terrorist states or organizations. The bill makes available the foreign assets frozen in the U.S. But some observers fear the U.S. will lose political leverage against offending countries. NPR's Tovia Smith reports.