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Daniel talks to Aryan the head of the International Red Cross delegation in Tuzla. She describes the scene after the devastating mortar attack on Thursday. The shell fell in a square filled with young people enjoying a summer night, and she says that many of the young people in Tuzla are still in shock from the loss of friends.

Jennifer Ludden from member station WBUR in Boston reports that increasingly new Asian immigrants faced with the prospect of daycare are sending their children back home to China where their grandparents take care of them.

A story by Carmen Deedee.

Michael speaks with NPR's Cheryl Devall, who's covering the annual meeting of the NAACP. It's the organization's first meeting under the leadership of its new president, Myrlie Evers-Williams.

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Last week we asked listeners to call in with words they or their family members have made up. And, are so wonderful, they should be added to the dictionary. Here are the highlights...

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Yesterday President Clinton issued an executive order that established the first uniform standards for U.S. agencies in granting security clearances to employees. Among the directives was an order to end the denial of security clearances because an applicant is gay. Daniel talks to Frank Kameny, who was denied government security clearances in the 1950s and 60s and was the first person to fight a discharge from a federal civil service job because of his homosexuality.