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The BBC's Jane Standley reports from Goma, Zaire, on how that city has changed since Zairean rebels took it over last fall. Goma once was home to hundreds of thousands of Rwandan refugees. Today it is the de facto capital of rebel-held Zaire. People in the town generally welcome the rebels' presence. They are seen as less oppressive and corrupt than the Zairean government and its army.

what the next presidential term might mean to the nation's urban poor. With welfare reforms scheduled to kick in during President Clinton's second term, many urban affairs activists worry that recent improvements to urban conditions in many American cities may disappear.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Hebron on the volatile mood in that West Bank town, which was one of the focal points of the disappointing Middle East peace summit at the White House this week. The Palestinians had hoped that Yasser Arafat would secure a commitment on a date for the much-postponed Israeli withdrawal from the city. He didn't, and as a result, the general expectation is that there will be more trouble to come.

project to pump sand from the ocean floor back onto the coastline. Beach erosion caused by wind and water from storms, has threatened the city's strong tourism industry.

with the >Miami Herald, about the financial crisis facing the city. Miami is near bankruptcy due to a declining tax base, fiscal mismanagement, and possible fraud. State officials are looking into the problem and Florida Governor Lawton Chiles is expected to appoint a control board soon to run Miami's affairs.

Noah talks to Chris Douridas - who hosts KCRW's radio show "Morning Becomes Eclectic." He introduces us to a hot band from Mexico City called Cafe Tacuba-- whose new album is called "Avalance de Exitos" - translated "Avalanche of Hits". Douridas says this band is incredibly progressive.. .mixing the sounds of Mexico and South America with American and European rock.

Daniel talks with 25 year old musician Joseph Arthur about his debut album, "Big City Secrets" (RealWorld Records). Arthur was working in a music store until one day, not long ago, the famous musician and record producer Peter Gabriel heard Arthur's demo tape and really liked it. And since then, Arthur's gone from a minimum wage job to mixing with the industry's finest.

on transportation and the environment, NPR's John Nielsen reports on Chicago's struggle to lure commuters out of their cars and into mass transit. Though the city has an extensive system already, it must keep up with changes in commuting patterns as more jobs leave downtown for the suburbs.

from a Dallas Morning News story about Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh. The newspaper published a report over the weekend saying that McVeigh had confessed to his lawyers that he carried out the bombing. Although the paper based the report on confidential files, it denies that it stole the files.

NPR's Melissa Block reports from New York City, one of the many places where immigrants are perplexed about tomorrow's changes in the immigration and welfare laws. While most immigrants won't be immediately affected by the laws, many are panicking. Some will lose their food stamps privileges, and others could be "excluded" from the country...that is, kept from reentering the country after their visas expire.