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NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on United States officials' worries that the leaders of the Bosnian Serbs are still in power four months after the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement. The accord calls for Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic to step down. The two have been indicted by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal. Arrest warrants have been issued.

SCOTT TALKS WITH MURHAF JOUEJATI, (JO-eh-JA-tee) A SYRIAN FOREIGN POLICY SPECIALIST, ABOUT SYRIA'S CONCERNS AS THE UNITED STATES EMBARKS ON A MISSION TO IMPLEMENT A TRUCE IN LEBANON.

NPR'S MIKE SHUSTER REPORTS ON THE DIFFICULTIES U-S OFFICIALS FACE IN TRYING TO SECURE AND SAFEGUARD NUCLEAR MATERIAL IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.

According to a Labor Department report the nation's unemployment edged up one-tenth of a percent in March, but the report also suggests that the economy is still growing slowly, but faster than at the end of last year. Regardless of the positive indications, Commentator Jack Beatty (BEE-tee) says no one should be satisfied with the state of the economy.

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Liane Hansen and NPR's Ted Clark discuss the upcoming debate in ongress over granting China "most favored nation" status. Tensions between the .S. and China over the past several months have strained relations, but the the wo nations are bound by geo-political circumstance.

Last night Danny visited the United States Naval Observatory in Washington DC to get a good look at Comet Hyakutake (high-yuh-kuh-tah-kee). Astronomer Steve Dick shows Danny where to look in the sky - without the aid of a telescope. The comet will be at its brightest early Monday morning. It will be visible throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The next time Hyakutake will pass by the earth will be in roughly 15-thousand years.

California and how he is dealing with the age issue -- most of his supporters are 65 and older.

into the plane crash that killed Commerce Secretary Ron Brown.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on Iran's film industry. Despite restrictions on the portrayal of sex and violence that would leave American movie producers wondering how to fill a feature-length film, Iran manages to create award-winning movies that receive international recognition.