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Secretary of State Colin Powell has decided the United States should continue financial aid to Yugoslavia. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports $50 million -- the second half of a U.S. aid package -- was contingent upon Yugoslavia's showing cooperation with the international war crimes tribunal in the Hague.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports from Beijing on the U.S. Navy personnel held in China after their spy plane made an emergency landing. U.S. diplomats are expected to be allowed access to them today.

NPR's David Kestenbaum reports that a new study shows how shifts in the world's climates will affect outbreaks of infectious diseases such as malaria. But even the study's own researchers say that despite advanced technology, it's still very difficult to make detailed, accurate predictions in this field.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports that El Salvador's ensuing rainy-season threatens to worsen living conditions for thousands of people who lost their homes in two devastating earthquakes earlier this year.

Mark Moran of member station KJZZ in Phoenix reports that the Tucson Air Force Base is testing "Giant Voice:" a loudspeaker that can project for up to six miles. The residents nearby hate it.

Jeff Lunden reports from New York on the opening of Stones in His Pockets, a play about celebrity worship in a small Irish town, now getting enormous buzz on Broadway. It stars just two actors who together play fifteen parts on a nearly-bare stage. The playwright says she wouldn't have gotten it staged unless she wrote it that way.

NPR's Cynthia Johnston reports on the proposed solutions to the congested roads that plague commuters in the Washington, D.C., area. Many say another bridge across the Potomac River is necessary, but others fear the consequences such expansion would have on a nearby agricultural reserve.

Commentator Kevin Phillips examines the rivalry between President Bush and Senator John McCain. He wonders if McCain can give the Republican Party the second chance they'll need in 2004.

Sports commentator John Feinstein talks to host Bob Edwards about last night's NCAA championship basketball game between Duke and Arizona State.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports Mexico's President Vicente Fox has proposed an ambitious plan for economic development in the south of Mexico. NAFTA -- the North American Free Trade Agreement -- has so-far only benefited the northern part of the country. In the south, Fox has proposed building a trade corridor to attract factories and investment. But workers in the south are worried about being exploited. And Zapatista Indians say the plan will disrupt their way of life.