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NPR's Michael Skoler reports from the Zairean capital Kinshasa on the tremendous uncertainty engulfing the city over who's running the country. Last night Zaire's parliament voted to remove Prime Minister Kengo wa Dondo from power, but supporters of Kengo and his patron, President Mobutu Sese Seko, say the vote did not pass by the constitutionally-required margin. Meanwhile, the army asserted its independence from the politicians today, declaring that it will no longer rely on the finance ministry for its funding, but will instead take its money directly from the central bank.

movement two years after the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19th, 1995. Members are as angry as ever and remain convinced that American citizens are in danger from the U.S. government and `the New World Order.' But they also are more secretive than ever, and it's hard to determine whether they've gained or lost members.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that the rate of AIDS deaths dropped dramatically in New York City in the first seven months of last year, according to public health officials there. The drop is being attributed to the dramatic effects of new AIDS drugs introduced at the beginning of 1996. At the same time, the rate of new HIV infections nationwide fell in young gay men and young injection drug users -- but rose precipitously in young heterosexual men and women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports on this week's pre-trial hearings for the upcoming trial of Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh and Terry Nichols are charged in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City in April 1995, which killed 168 people. The judge denied a defense request to have key eyewitness testimony excluded from the trial. The judge also heard prosecutors claim that explosive residue on Timothy McVeigh's clothing connect him to the crime.

Ann Cooper presents the first of four reports on refugees in the post-Cold War era. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, most analysts expected an easing of the world's refugee burden. But the end of the Cold War made for a more unstable world, and thus ever more refugees. Created after World War Two to deal with what was considered a temporary refugee crisis, the U-N refugee agency today oversees a vast global bureaucracy in charge of huge, semi-permanent cities of refugees.

President Clinton set out from Chicago today to start this leg of his reelection campaign with a bus tour through Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky. But before leaving the Democratic Convention city, he and Vice President Gore gave rousing speeches to national party officials and other loyalists, thanking them for their work so far, and exhorting them to get people registered and out to vote in November. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

of Zairian government troops from sizeable areas along the country's eastern border. Rebels reportedly control a 340-mile long strip of land, which runs along Zaire's borders with Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda. There are conflicting reports as to whether government troops or rebels control Kisangani, the largest city in Eastern Zaire.

, about the election of Alex Penelas as the first mayor of metropolitan Miami. They discuss the new "strong mayor" position, which gives Penelas authority over the City of Miami, 26 other municipalities and unincorporated parts of Dade County, and a budget of four billion dollars a year.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on the US launch of 27 cruise missiles against Iraqi air defense targets. The attacks were ordered in retaliation for the Iraqi army incursion into the Kurdish city of Irbil in the UN-protected northern exclusion zone of Iraq. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein threatens to ignore UN established no-fly zones over its territory, and vows to shoot any US or Allied planes out of the skies.

When the comedienne, Gilda Radner, of Saturday Night Live fame, died of ovarian cancer in 1989, comedy writer Alan Zweibel, felt the deep loss of a friend, companion, and soul mate. Now, Zweibel has written a play based on his friendship with Radner called, "Bunny Bunny - Gilda Radner: A Sort of Romantic Comedy." Daniel talks with Zweibel about Radner and the play he wrote in her memory. "Bunny Bunny" opens at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City on Sunday.