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Craig speaks with girl scouts attending today's 85th Anniversary sing along on the mall in Washington, DC. More than 50-thousand girl scouts from half a dozen staates gathered to celebrate scouting.

SCOTT SIMON AND WASHINGTON, D.C. MAYOR MARION BARRY TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES THE NATION'S CAPITOL IS CURRENTLY FACING.

Chris Arnold (f) reports that flood waters have cut off the Monterey Peninsula 100 miles south of San Francisco. Thousands of people were forced from their homes as the Salinas and Pajara rivers flooded some of the nations richest farmlands.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH ROBERT KUPPERMAN, SENIOR ADVISOR WITH THE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, AND DR. MARVIN CETRON, PRESIDENT OF FORECASTING INTERNATIONAL AND AN EXPERT ON CIVILIAN TERRORISM, ABOUT THE NEW THREAT OF TERRORISM IN THE WAKE OF THE CHEMICAL ATTACK ON THE TOKYO SUBWAY.

GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ARE NOW BEING SOLD MORE IN OFFICES AND FACTORIES BY PARENT, RATHER THAN DOOR-TO-DOOR BY THE GIRL SCOUTS, BECAUSE PARENTS ARE FEARFUL OF HAVING THEIR CHILDREN ON THE STREET.

This weekend the borders that separate some members of the uropean Union are being eliminated by the activation of the Shengan SHENG-ghen, ard "G") Agreement. NPR's Andy Bowers explains the details of the plan, and onsiders the reasons why Britain doesn't want to take part.

Jacki Lyden examines the issue of political freedom in the third part of her series on Iran..She visits an intellectual magazine that was first published just 18 months ago. The magazine is called Goftegu which means "dialogue" in farsi and is a sign of a slight relaxation in the Government's attitude towards freedom of thought and expression. However, as Jacki Lyden reports, Iran has a long way to go before many of its intellectuals will be free to fully express their ideas.

Despite promises in the "Contract with America" to cut back on overnment spending, some Republican members of Congress have fought to keep ersonal pet projects funded by federal dollars. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports hat there are an abundance of "pork barrel" programs that have escaped the fate f the Republican chopping block.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ANNE FRANK PIECE BROADCAST ON "WEEKEND EDITION/SATURDAY" LAST SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1995 WILL BE RE-BROADCAST THIS WEEKEND ON "WEEKLY EDITION: THE BEST OF NPR NEWS."