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Every Friday night in San Francisco a group of rollerbladers from all walks of life takes off from downtown Market Street on a 12 and a half mile skating journey through the city. Daniel met with David Miles, organizer of the Friday night all-skate to find out more about this popular sport. Depending on the weather, as many as 700 people participate in the skate each week.

meets Monday to ratify two agreements -- one with the Catholic Church, the other with United Airlines -- that threatened to cause a confrontation over the city's controversial policy requiring spousal benefits for all same sex partners.

Rivers throughout the Northern Plains have caused catastophic floods, as snowmelt and other kinds of runoff have forced many out of their banks. Linda talks with Linda Rud, a resident of Harwood, North Dakota. The city of Harwood is surrounded by an earthen dyke, which may keep the town of 590 residents dry as the Red River is cresting slightly lower than expected.

Rebels in eastern Zaire now control the country's second city, Lubumbashi (LOO bum BAH shee). They have offered a three-day truce to let President Mobutu step aside. He has not made a reply, but the people of Kinshasa believe the nation will soon be ruled by the insurgents.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports on an offer by New York's Catholic archdiocese to educate one thousand public school students and help ease the cities overcrowded schools. New York's mayor says he likes the idea, but others, cautious of church/state issues, are strongly opposed.

- Host Brooke Gladstone speaks with Richard Haas about the Iraqi army's attack on a Kurdish-held city in Northern Iraq. The north of the country has been controlled by Kurdish forces since the end of the Gulf War. An unconfirmed report says Iranian forces have also moved into northern Iraq. President Clinton has placed U-S forces in the area on high alert.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports on a decision by the judge in the Oklahoma City bombing trial of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols to split the trial in two. Lawyers for Nichols had requested a separate trial, fearing that their client would suffer if associated with McVeigh by a single jury. McVeigh will now be tried separately...and his trial will be conducted first.

In Belgrade, anti-government demonstrators filled the city center for the 19th consecutive day. Their mood is described as euphoric. They appeared confident that their complaints are getting through to the government of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on one of the most important groups leading the protest: university students.

where large numbers of Kurdish refugees are fleeing towards Iran. This exodus follows yesterday's capture of northern Iraq's biggest city by the Kurdish faction allied with Saddam Hussein.

CROAT FEDERATION - NPR's Mike Shuster reports that the president of Croatia, Franjo Tudjman (frahn-yoh TOOJ-man), met at the White House today with President Clinton. Tudjman is being pressured to make sure the Croats of Bosnia accept the results of the June election in the city of Mostar. So far, Bosnian Croats have rejected those results, threatening the shaky federation existing between Muslims and Croats in Bosnia.