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NPR's Eric Weiner reports that Israel today carried out a series of air raids in Lebanon, including an attack on a Beirut suburb. At least five Lebanese were reported killed in the raids. It's the first Israeli raid against the Lebanese capital in 14 years.

Charles Scanlon previews South Korea's parliamentary elections that will beheld tomorrow. The public has been disaffected from the ruling party because of a corruption scandal. But tensions with North Korea may give the government a last-minute boost.

Marine biologists are trying to figure out what's killing manatees off the Florida coastline. More than 200 manatees have died in the last four months. Researchers think the endangered creatures are dying from pneumonia. But they're racing to try to figure out what's causing the pneumonia. Sally Watt of member station WUSF reports.

The internet may test our rules for what on-line democracy means..but our commentator Stuart Cheifet says this industry may provide us with an ideal candidate for president.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on the diplomatic tangle with China over its failure to curb counterfeiting of American intellectual property. Computer software, CDs, and numerous other easily copied goods continue to pour out of China a year after the Chinese government agreed to crack down on this trade. American companies say they're losing billions, but they don't speak with one voice. Microsoft, for example, wants sanctions, but Boeing fears the Chinese will retaliate by buying planes elsewhere.

Noah talks with Rosanne Cash, who has written a new collection of short fiction called "Bodies of Water". We visit her at her favorite restaurant in Greenwich Village, to talk about her writing life, inspiration, technique, and how being a singer/songwriter for more than twenty years has prepared her for the prose she is now writing. IN STEREO NOTE: "Bodies of Water" will be available in most bookstores by early next week (the week of 3/18/96). The publisher is Hyperion Books.

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Jennie Schmidt of member station KPLU reports on the impending shooting of recidivist sea lions in Seattle. It's the same group that returns year after year to shipping locks in Puget Sound where steelhead trout swim upriver to spawn. There aren't many trout left, and wildlife biologists, having failed to dissuade the hungry sea lions, now want to shoot them.