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NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the latest discussions among America's major trading partners about their possible retaliation for the Helms-Burton law. Helms-Burton punishes certain foreign companies that do business in Cuba; it's the most drastic law of its kind ever enacted in the United States. Mexico, Canada, and the European Union have not yet announced specific counter-measures, but recent history with similar laws shows that foreign governments can make it illegal for their companies to follow U-S orders.

A government study released today says that driving a cab is the most dangerous job in America. The second most dangerous job is being a sheriff. NPR's Melissa Block reports on how people who hold these jobs are reacting to this news. She talks with one New York cab driver who was held up at gunpoint several years ago says for three months after the attack he was too scared to drive his cab; now he never drives it at night. And a sheriff in Washington State says he's not surprised sheriffs have the second highest on-job homicide rate; he says there's a continual struggle to make the job safer, and more funding is the answer.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that yesterday's bombing reveals undercurrents of anti-Americanism in Saudi Arabia and resentment toward the government there. Though the opposition is fuelled by militant Islam to some degree, analysts say that Saudi Arabia remains stable, though the opposition will have to be managed carefully if the country is to remain stable.

Linda talks with U-S Capt. Hector Jamili (HA-mee-lee), a civil engineer stationed at the military complex outside Dhahran (DAH

Commentator Leslie Lang describes the charming tradition in Hawaii of draping graduating seniors in stacks of colorful leis, one on top of another, and how she had three near misses in terms experiencing this tradition at her graduations... until finally getting it right, this year, at the University of Hawaii.

Edmund Roy reports that the largest party in the Indian parliament has resigned, unable to form a coalition. The United Front -- a coalition of lower caste and left-leaning parties -- is now trying to form a government to run the world's largest democracy.

NPR'S Eric Weiner profiles the new Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu (n'tahn-YAH-hoo). Though most Israelis call him by his nickname, Bibi (BEE-bee), few Israelis know much about the man who will lead them.

on crime in post-Apartheid South Africa and what's being done about it... Today, she visits the black township of Soweto, outside Johannesburg, where young black residents have joined forces with white police to catch criminals. It's an unusual alliance between those who fought to overthrow Apartheid and those who fought to protect it. Soweto and the other black townships surrounding Johannesburg have a murder rate three times higher than that of New York City.

More than 100 Mormons are recreating the covered wagon journey their ancestors took from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City in 1846. Noah talks to Linda Whitaker, who is making the trip with her four children and her husband.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports that the new Israeli transportation minister has announced plans to shut down one of Jerusalem's major thoroughfares during prayer hours on the Jewish Shabbat. The act has triggered concern among many Israelis that it is a sign of growing Jewish Orthodox power in Israel's new conservative government.