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NPR's Melissa Block reports on the federal trial of four men charged with conspiring to blow up American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998. Yesterday's testimony came from the former U-S ambassador to Kenya, Prudence Bushnell . She graphically described the injuries of embassy workers and area residents.

Commentator Charles Eisendrath narrowly survived an airplane crash into the jungle. As the plane plunged into the canopy, he says, his thoughts were more practical than panicked.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Ohio State Representative Tim Grendell. He and his wife, former Representative Diane Grendell, found a creative way around Ohio's legislative term-limits.

In the second of two stories, NPR's Richard Harris hangs-out with some Americans living in Antarctica. They support the scientific research station there, working as janitors and plumbers and administrators. These blue-collar workers are here for adventure -- like survival training on a floating glacier.

NPR's Jack Speer reports that Congress has approved legislation making it harder to file for bankruptcy. The bill is similar to one passed by the House last year, which was vetoed by President Clinton.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on the House Committee hearings to review the pardons issued by former-President Clinton. Several of Clinton's former aides testified yesterday, claiming that he granted a pardon to fugitive financier Marc Rich strictly because of the virtues of Rich's case...NOT because Clinton received money from Rich's ex-wife.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports that the Census Bureau has recommended the release of raw census data from the year 2000. Civil rights groups and some members of Congress had hoped the numbers would be revised to include people the census missed.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports French voters will cast ballots this month for mayors and city councilors under a new law requiring political parties to field equal numbers of male and female candidates. The idea of mandating gender parity on party lists originally met resistance. The French public, however, has now embraced the idea enthusiastically. Until now, France has had the lowest rate of participation in politics of any European Union nation.

Geraldine Coughlan reports from The Hague that the international war crimes tribunal has handed down indictments related to attacks by Yugoslav forces on the city of Dubrovnik in 1991 during Croatia's war of independence. The court has not revealed the names of the defendants nor released the text of the indictment. The individuals named have been charged with murder, attacks on civilians and destruction of historic monuments -- in breach of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The medieval walled city of Dubrovnik, on the Adriatic coast, has been designated a world heritage site by the United Nations.

The Capitol Steps perform a song satirizing the Presidential pardon controversy.