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In France today, Jeanne Calment [zhahn kal-MAWN] celebrates her 121st birthday in her hometown of Arles (AHRL). She has recently become a recording star, of sorts, with a release called "La Farandol." We hear a selection.

Linda talks with Walter Mossberg about political sites on the World Wide Web. This year's presidential candidates have home pages with speeches and position statements. Other sites have detailed polling information and news of the presidential race. Walter Mossberg is a columnist who writes about computers and the World Wide Web for the Wall Street Journal.

In the wake of today's summit, news analyst Daniel Schorr says the CIA faces a formidible challenge as it tries to forge an alliance of Israeli, Palestinian and other intelligence services to penetrate the shadowy world of Middle Eastern terrorists.

Liane Hansen speaks with Vincent Cannistraro cah-nih-STRAH-roh), former chief of counter-intelligence at the CIA about racking terrorist groups in the Middle East and the British Isles.

and reports on reaction by the conservative commentator's supporters to last the night's primary results.

Professor of Government at Colby College, about how the leading Republican Presidential candidates are doing in their efforts to raise campaign money. They discuss how much each candidate has and how much he needs. Over the next six weeks, the leading candidates are expected to spend substantial sums on television ads.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that the Harold Ickes, top political operative at the White House, testified today before the Senate Whitewater Committee. Republicans questioned his credibility and hinted that the White House is deliberately delaying release of requested documents. The committee is continuing hearings on the Clinton administration's response in early 1994 to investigations into the Clintons' real estate dealings in Arkansas.

to ban all non-academic clubs from the city's high schools. The measure was taken to avoid sanctioning a gay and lesbian club at one high school. School board officials maintain that federal law provides an "all or nothing" option, but others claim the move is homophobic.

Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai reads from a poem in memory of the victims of last week's terrorist bombings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The 1989 poem is titled "The Third Poem about Dicky" and is part of Amichi's "Huleikat" collection.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports that the Library of Congress' employee union is challenging the library's practice of ordering psychiatric exams for certain workers. The union says the library uses the practice to get rid of employees who had disputes with their supervisors. Library officials say they have used the tests to help workers and protect the institution.