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The United Nations women's conference in China begins tomorrow. NPR's Marykay Magistead spoke with officials on the American delegation to the conference and has this report.

Jacki talks to Barbara Hodgson, author of "The Tattooed Map," (Chronicle Books) a story about a woman who travels to Morocco and wakes up one morning with a mysterious map tattooed on her arm. She decides to follow the map and disapprears.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NAT HENTOFF, LONG-TIME COLUMNIST WITH THE "VILLAGE VOICE," ABOUT A $40,000 SURVEY FUNDED AND CONDUCTED BY THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, TO DISCOVER IF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY ARE DRIVEN CRAZY BY THE CITY.

NPR'S MARGO ADLER REPORTS THAT GETTING A PASSPORT FAST MAY CURRENTLY TAKE DAYS.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH INTERNATIONALLY SYNDICATED CHESS COLUMNIST SHELBY LYMAN ABOUT THE THIS WEEK'S START OF THE PROFESSIONAL CHESS ASSOCIATION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP...PITTING 32-YEAR-OLD RUSSIAN GARY KASPAROV AGAINST 25-YEAR-OLD CHALLENGER VISWANATHAN ANAND (vis-WHAN-a-thon UH-NAND) FROM INDIA.

The Farmer's Market in Los Angeles has been going strong for ome 60 years now. It's a colorful collection of fruit stands and eateries. eekend Edition essayist Lester Sloan profiles the "mayor of the Farmer's arket"...a woman who has seen it all in her many years on the sidelines of one f the city's most distinctive landmarks.

LETTERS: We hear a few comments and letters from our listeners

Daniel talks with Pastor Karen Young, from the Allen Chapel AME church in Wheaton, Maryland. The church is kicking off a national program to improve the immunization rate of African American children which lags behind the national average. The program, called "First Wives" is being initiated through the wives of pastors all over the country because, they believe, it is the women who are most concerned with childcare.

The PUZZLE INTERNET ADDRESS is puzzle@npr.org.

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR'S MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PENNANT RACE, ONLY THIS YEARS' RACES ARE NOT FOR THE TOP SPOT.