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The thirty-sixth Republican National Convention opened today for what amounts to a four-day salute to presidential candidate Bob Dole and his running mate Jack Kemp. The opening session was devoted to consideration of the party platform, but the most contentious differences -- over the party's position on abortion -- were resolved last week. The message of the convention has been scripted, but some moderate Republican governors say they feel excluded. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Noah talks with Paea (PY-uh) Wolfgramm, an Olympic silver medalist from the Kingdom of Tonga. Wolfgramm took his silver medal in boxing, making the Kingdom of Tonga the country bringing home the most medals per capita. They'll discuss his homecoming and his future in the sport.

The Taliban militia is fighting to hold onto its recent military gains in Afghanistan. It has lost two towns north of Kabul, and its opponents are forging new political alliances. The BBC's Phil Goodman reports from Afghanistan.

Commentator David Brooks says that Bill Clinton's small fibs and ingratiating style with political audiences speak volumes about his character...and that character is the only real predictor of how a president will perform under pressure.

in North Carolina between Jesse Helms and Harvey Gantt is not nearly as close as their first contest 6 years ago.

This evening, NPR News will begin to feed unedited campaign messages produced by the Clinton and Dole campaigns to make use of the free air time offered by a number of television and radio outlest. In today's segment, we'll air segments by both President Clinton and challenger Bob Dole.

Steven Smith of Minnesota Public radio reports on the challenges to creating viable businesses in Black communities. African Americans spend 400-billion dollars a year on consumer items, but Black leaders want a higher proportion of that to go to black-owned businesses.

Daniel talks with Film Director Spike Lee. Lee's new movie opened this week nationwide and it's about a group of Black men who travel by Bus to the Million Man March, which was held last year in Washington D.C. The characters in the film represent, what Lee says, are all aspects of the Black community. He says it's not what you would usually see in a Hollywood film. Also, the film was financed by donations from 15 Black men. Lee turned down money offers from big studios and when the film was done, he sold the film to Columbia for a profit.

The votes are being counted from the country's Bosnia's first elections which took place peacefully on Saturday.

Linda talks to Ann Reilly Dowd, Washington correspondent for Money Magazine, about the record high credit card delinquency reported today by the American Bankers Association. During the April-June quarter of this year, credit card payments overdue 30 days or longer rose to 3.66 percent of the total accounts, higher than it has ever been since the association began collecting data in 1974. During that same period, banks suffered $3.8 billion in losses on credit card and consumer loans, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.