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An audio postcard from Howard Berkes. Though the calendar says it's the first day of Spring, there's still plenty of snow in the mountains outside Salt Lake City.

whether English should be made the official language of the United States. Tonight, we conclude our series with a commentary form Ruben Martinez, who is living in Mexico City, for a perspective from the other side of the border.

Guatemalan and American scientists working in the jungles of northern Guatemala have rediscovered Cancuen, a city that was one of the most important commercial centers of the Mayan world from 400 BC to 800 AD.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Mexico City on a series of problems facing the country. In addition to the rapid depletion of forests and marine habitat, Mexico is dealing with a severe water shortage.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the meeting of the North American Anarchist Conference in Los Angeles this past week. City officials feared violence leading up to the Democratic convention, but the anarchists focused more on social issues than protests.

Linda talks to NPR's Howard Berkes about the indictment of two officials who had headed Salt Lake City's Olympic Committee. The two are being charged with conspiracy, racketeering and mail and wire fraud.

NPR's Ann Garrels reports from Moscow that the Chechen rebels holding hostages in the Russian city of Budennovsk have begun releasing some of their captives. In return, the Russian government has ordered a ceasefire in its war in Chechnya.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports that since the Oklahoma City bombing, American militia groups have expanded their ranks, and their activity. That growth is fueling fears that the groups may be expressing their beliefs in increasingly violent ways.

News Analyst Daniel Schorr takes a look at the Oklahoma City Bombing Trial. While trial has only just begun, it represents the conflicts of our times.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Bosnia on the re-burial of the couple known as the Sarajevo Romeo and Juliet. Three years ago, the young Serb man and Muslim woman were killed by snipers while trying to escape the city.