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For years, ranchers and environmentalists have locked horns over who gets to use the land and how. But many on each side are getting tired of all the fighting and now, as Sandy Tolan reports, they're starting to work and even manage the land togther.

on secretaries who have abusive bosses and what they can do to defend themselves.

SIMON/ ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE: SCOTT SPEAKS WITH APRIL TYLER, THE PRINCIPLE AND TEACHER OF MARYLAND'S LAST ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE, WHICH NOW FACES CLOSURE BECAUSE OF A LACK OF STUDENTS.

Commentator Marianne Jennings says this is the season when CEO salaries are made public, and while some say they are getting rewarded for a job well done, if you are a shareholder or a laid off employee, you may not agree.

Marius Benson reports that Deputy President F.W. De Klerk and his National Party announced today that they will pull out of South Africa's government of national unity at the end of June. The move comes the day after parliament ratified the first post-apartheid constitution. After the next election in 1999, the constitution says the government will be based on majority rule, and De Klerk said the National Party wants to get an early start on establishing itself as a credible alternative to Nelson Mandela's African National Congress.

The future of Jerusalem and Jewish settlement on the West Bank was one of the most difficult issues faced today in Taba Egypt at the peace talks between Israel and Palestine. The talks entered their final phase today, as NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

NPR's Michael Skoler reports on today's presidential election in Uganda, the first fair election there in over thirty years. President Yoweri Museveni (yo-WHERE-ee moo-SEH-vuh-nee) is expected to win easily--while he has permitted candidates to challenge him, he has forbidden political parties from participating. Museveni--who has ruled Uganda since seizing power ten years ago--says his "no-party" system is a good democratic model for Africa, because it prevents ethnic and religious strife. The president's opponents say it's a thinly-veiled way to keep himself in power.

Weekend Edition sports commentator Ron Rapoport shares his thoughts about Brett Butler. This week, the Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder told his family and teammates that he had cancer.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Lt. Louis Fernandez of Dade-Metro ire and Rescue about the complexities of conducting a search and rescue peration in the middle of the Florida Everglades.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports on an investigation by New York City and by the state that shows how the case of abused-to-death 6 year old Elisa was bungled...and how other cases have also slipped through the social welfare cracks.