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ONE YEAR AFTER SOUTH AFRICA'S FIRST FREE ELECTIONS, NPR'S MICHAEL SKOLER REPORTS THAT DEEP SEEDED SUSPICIONS OF THAT COUNTRY'S GOVERNMENT REMAINS.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

AN INJUNCTION ISSUED YESTERDAY BY A FEDERAL JUDGE IN NEW YORK ENDED THE 232-DAY OLD STRIKE BY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS BY RULING THAT MAJOR LEAGUE OWNERS HAVE NOT BEEN BARGAINING IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE PLAYERS UNION. SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT AND FORMER YANKEE PITCHER AND AUTHOR OF "BALL FOUR" AND "STRIKE ZONE," A NOVEL, JIM BOUTON.

JAPAN: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY IN TOKYO TO UPDATE US ON THE SHOOTING OF THE POLICE CHIEF. SHE ALSO HAS THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE LETHAL GAS ATTACK ON TOKYO SUBWAYS.

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports from the United Nations that Iraq 's speaker of parliament today rejected a UN offer to allow Iraq to sell oil to finance the purchase of emergency humanitarian supplies. Ever since the 1990 invasion of Kuwait, Iraq has been barred from selling its oil on the world market. The embargo was imposed by the United Nations, and once the Gulf War ended, it stayed in place...leverage to force Iraqi compliance with Security Council resolutions regarding weapons of mass destruction. The sanctions have hurt the Iraqi people, and yesterday, the U.N. Council told Iraq it could sell two billion dollars worth of oil to help finance purchases of food, medicine and other humanitarian supplies. Today, Iraq rejected the U.N. move, and launched a new anti-American propaganda drive.

- Danny speaks with Walter Adams, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, about corporate mergers and takeovers. This week, Lee Iacocca and Kirk Kerkorian mounted a bid to takeover the Chrysler Corporation, an effort that recalls the merger mania of the 1980's. Adams says corporate takeovers, by and large, don't do the country any good, for they don't as a rule add to the productivity and creativity of the economy.

NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY REPORTS FROM TOKYO ON THE LATEST ON EFFORTS BY JAPANESE POLICE TO FIND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONDAY'S LETHAL GAS ATTACK ON TOKYO SUBWAYS.

The Legal Services Corporation once again is under attack. NPR's on Greenberg reports the Republican effort to trim the group's budget is just he latest battle the Corporation has had to fight in its long and troubled istory.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LISTENER MAIL.