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A hushed Jewish community in Dubai has emerged into the open after the Israeli-Emirati peace deal. Now they're hosting an unlikely rush of Orthodox Jews to the Gulf Arab city.

In the 1950s and 1960s, neighborhoods of color across the country were often destroyed to make way for new development in American cities.

WEEKEND EDITION WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TALKS WITH WILLIAM SEIDMAN (SEED-man), PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION AND CO-CHAIR OF THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON PRODUCTIVITY UNDER PRESIDENT REAGAN, AND NORA LUSTIG, SENIOR FELLOW IN THE FOREIGN POLICY STUDIES PROGRAM AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE AND PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT EL COLEGIO DE MEXICO IN MEXICO CITY (1975-91), ABOUT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WITH THE MEXICAN ECONOMY IN LIGHT OF PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACTION THIS WEEK, BYPASSING CONGRESS, TO RESCUE THE PESO.

WAY - Daniel talks with two men from Northern Ireland, one Protestant the other Catholic, about the effect yesterday's bombing in London by the Irish Republican Army might have on the peace talks. Liam Maskey, a Catholic, is with the community group 'Intercom' which works with at-risk youth in Catholic neighborhoods in Belfast. And, Mark Armstrong is with the "Youth Stadium Club", a group which works with at-risk youth in Protestant areas of the city. Both men were shocked and disappointed by the bombing but remain hopeful that the peace talks will continue and the ceasefire will resume.

Senator Robert Dole of Kansas has unofficially captured the Republican Presidential nomination. After Tuesday night's primaries, he carries more than the necessary 980 delegates. Mr. Dole is now on his way to being a leader in the White House. We talk with people who know Mr. Dole well in Congress the place where he is an effective leader. Linda Wertheimer talks with Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, a friend and colleague of Mr. Dole's, and with Jake Thompson of the Kansas City Star, a journalist who has followed Dole for several years and has written a biography about Mr. Dole.

In Tacloban, a city in the Philippines nearly wiped away by this month's typhoon, survivors gathered to cheer on a hero. A TV screen was set up in a plaza showing Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao defeat American Brandon Rios.

In this country, health officials are concerned about a spike in the levels of HIV infection in San Francisco, a city that serves as a bellweather for AIDS in the U.S. Last year, the rate of new infections doubled, to 900 people, and while that's still much smaller than during the 1980s, epidemiologists fear a younger generation may not take the threat of AIDS as seriously. Sabin Russell of the San Francisco Chronicle talks to Jacki about the changes researchers are noticing in behavior and attitudes toward AIDS.

NPR's Rob Gifford talks to ATC host Robert Siegel about today's execution of a high-level Chinese government official on charges of accepting bribes. Cheng Kejie, a vice chairman of the legislature, is the most senior official to be put to death in a widening anti-corruption campaign that now involves trials in five southeastern cities. Increasing public anger over official corruption is considered a major threat to domestic security and the government pledges to do something about it. But it's unclear whether the government is willing to take action against any and all officials, no matter their rank or connections.

THINKING -- Commentator Donald McCaig says the countryside can be noisy, with the sounds of thunderstorms or the peeping of frogs and bleating of sheep. But on summer evenings it's quiet enough to hear yourself think. He says that's unlike the city, where the challenge is not so much the din, as knowing what the noises mean. (2:30)NOTE: MUSIC AFTER THIS PIECE WAS HARMONICA VIRTUOSO RICHARD HUNTER, FROM HIS CD "THE SECOND ACT OF BEING FREE" ON TURTLE HILL PRODUCTIONS, PO BOX 651, MONROE, ct 06468-0651. PHONE: 203-459

NPR's Aaron Schachter reports on a little known option for minor criminals in Southern California. If a judge approves, a prisoner may be allowed to leave the crowded and dangerous county jail for "nicer" accommodations in a small city lock up. The pay-to-stay program costs detainees anywhere from 40 to 145 dollars a night. Some lawyers who know about the program say it's a legitimate way to keep clients safe. Civil libertarians say it's inherently unfair, since it gives an advantage to those with money.