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Liane talks with NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem as street fighting on the West Bank between stone-throwing Palestinians and armed Israeli troops continued into the weekend. In violence Saturday, four Palestinians died and more than 100 were injured.

Liane talks with NPR's Rob Gifford about the upcoming talks between Secretary of State Madeline Albright and President Kim Jong Il of North Korea. The meeting could set the stage for a subsquent visit to North Korea by President Clinton.

Two weeks after the deposing of longtime President Slobodan Milosevic, Yugoslavia is undergoing a cultural revival. Music, television and other arts which were tightly controlled under the former regime are enjoying new-found freedom of expression. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade.

NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr remembers Robert F. Kennedy, and disucusses how Kennedy's life changed after the assasination of his brother, President John F. Kennedy.

Liane reads letters from listeners.

Liane speaks with Weekend Edition Sunday music director Ned Wharton about new and noteworthy cd releases. Also this week, Ned offers tips on trolling the Internet for music, and has some listening suggestions for fans dejected over the breakup of Phish.

Weekend Edition's Information Age Specialist Rich Dean tours the websites of the Presidential candidates, a task best left to a professional.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports from New York on the first game of the World Series between the New York Yankees and New York Mets. The Yankees beat the Mets last night 4-3 in a 12-inning thriller.

Liane talks with New York Times columnist Robert Lipsyte, who says that while the so-called "Subway Series" is getting a lot of media attention, New York sports fans save their real passion for football.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (Democrat, Missouri) on Missouri's late governor Mel Carnahan (Democrat); Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan; Texas Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore at the third and final presidential debate in St. Louis, Missouri; President Bill Clinton at the memorial service for the USS Cole in Norfolk, Virginia.