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WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH DR. GARY MILHOLLIN (mil-HALL-en), DIRECTOR OF THE WISCONSIN PROJECT ON NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL, AND DR. PAULA NEWBERG, SENIOR ASSOCIATE SPECIALIZING IN SOUTH ASIAN POLITICS AT THE CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, ABOUT THE MANY ISSUES RAISED BY PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON THIS WEEK.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that the Senate this week took up a 13 billion dollar spending recision bill. The House has passed a bill of 17 Billion. Arnold reports on the differences between the bills and that President Clinton says he will veto the House version.

AFTER HAVING BEEN FIRED FROM THE NAACP LAST YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION'S FORMER PRESIDENT, DR. BENJAMIN CHAVIS HAS FOUND A NEW CAREER. THIS MORNING HE LAUNCHES A NEW WEEKLY RADIO TALK SHOW CALLED "THE FREEDOM JOURNAL" ON SIX BLACK-ORIENTED STATIONS IN THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON AREA. NPR'S LAURA KNOY REPORTS.

At the Nuyorican (new-YOUR-ee-can) Poet's Cafe in anhattan, screenwriters of all calibers have the opportunity to test-drive heir material at a weekly small-scale production deemed the "Fifth Night." aren Michel visited the cafe and experienced the event firsthand.

ITEM VETO - Jacki talks with James Thurber, the head of Congressional and Presidential Studies at American Univeristy in Washington D.C. Both houses of Congress have approved giving the President the Line-Item Veto...the ability of the President to veto specific portions of spending bills. Thurber discusses what the implications are.

The Aum Shinrykio sect is now the principal suspect in the Tokyo subway gassing last Monday. Over the past few days Japanese police have confiscated huge amounts of chemical compounds from their headquaters. But as Anne Garrels reports from Moscow the sect also has a large following in Russia - almost three times as many members as in Japan. But some of them are less willing than others.

Daniel talks with Harold Wonkle - deputy assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Investigations Division about the Russian mafia. Recently the FBI opened up an office in Moscow in order to work more closely with the Russian police in combatting Russian criminals whose efforts often extend into the United States. Wonkle says the Russian mafia is very sophisticated and is involved in everything from moneylaundering to medical fraud.

NPR's John Burnett spends an evening with Dr. Marvin Tuttle - a man whose mission in life it is to protect and educate people about the misunderstood bat. Tuttle says bats are key to ecological balance not to mention they're great at keeping the mosquito population and other crop eating pests under control.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges listeners to puzzles and word ames. 7:06 This week's on-air player listens to KXJZ, Sacramento and KUOP, Stockton, alifo

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Tokyo the Japanese police continue to raid a religious cult and find evidence of the cult being involved in this past week's chemical gas attack on the Tokyo subway.