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Jacki speaks with Oscar Newman, an architect and city planner at the institute for community design analysis in New York, about "defensible spaces." They're an approach to revitalizing inner city spaces by closing off neighborhoods with gates that, in effect, turn neighborhood streets into cul-de-sacs. Newman says defensible spaces have been tried in several cities with good results: they give residents a more personal and intimiate connection to their neighborhoods, which translates into safer and more vibrant living spaces.

PAULA DOBBYN OF MEMBER STATION KTOO IN JUNEAU, ALASKA, REPORTS ON THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE IDITAROD, A GRUELLING 1,000-MILE SLED-DOG RACE FROM ANCHORAGE TO NOME, WHICH BEGINS TODAY.

ENTERTAINMENT: LUMIERE: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE NEW CANADIAN FILM "EXOTICA," DIRECTED BY ATOM EGOYAN. THE FILM HAS WON THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICS' PRIZE AT THE CANNES (KAHN) FILM FESTIVAL. AND... 100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, FRENCHMEN LOUIS AND AUGUST LUMIERE (loo-mee-AIR) FIRST CAPTURED WORKERS ON FILM WITH THEIR WOODEN CINEMATOGRAPH CAMERA IN LYON, FRANCE. THIS WEEK, 38 FILM DIRECTOR FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD GATHERED TO RE-ENACT THAT FIRST FILM. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH TIERRY FRAYMAUX (TERRY Fray-MOO), THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE LUMIERE (loo-mee-AIR) INSTITUTE IN LYON (lee-OAN), FRANCE.

NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS FROM MOSCOW THAT IT APPEARS THAT THE LONG LINES OF PEOPLE WAITING TO PURCHASE AVAILABLE BASIC GOODS, WHICH WERE SO FAMILIAR IN OUR MEMORIES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, HAVE NOT ENDED WITH THE FALL OF COMMUNISM. PEOPLE ARE JUST LINING UP FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

NPR'S DAVID MOLPUS REPORTS THAT ALTHOUGH EXPERTS AGREE THAT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DEFINITELY HELPED MINORITIES INITIALLY, THEY ARE NOW QUESTIONING THE LONG TERM BENEFITS, EXPECIALLY AMONG MINORITIES.

Jacki talks with Washington Post reporter Nora Boustany who has in Algeria. Boustany reports violence in Algeria is increasing as the people there struggle to find their identity and place in the world.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH SIMON HOGGART OF THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER IN LONDON ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION WIPED OUT THE HUGE ARMS INDUSTRY IN THAT COUNTRY. MOST OF THE SCIENTISTS WHO DESIGNED AND BUILT THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION LOST THEIR JOBS. NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS ON A NEW PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES TO KEEP THEM HOME IN RUSSIA SO THEY WON'T TAKE THEIR EXPERTISE TO THE ROGUE NATIONS OF THE WORLD.

Madeleine Brand reports on a public education controversy in New Jersey. The state's high court recently ruled that there is a gross disparity between poor urban and rich suburban public schools. The state is trying to restore equity by cutting back the amount of money is spends on suburban schools. Urban school superintendants fear the money saved from the rich won't wind up in the hands of the poor.

In light of connections made this past week between the CIA and the urders of two Americans in Guatemala, NPR Senior News commentator Daniel Schorr onsiders the history of the Intelligence Agency's use of "sources and methods" s described and influenced by the National Security Act of 1947.