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Host Liane Hansen speaks with Dr. ansine Kaba (lahn-see-NEH KAH-bah) about the immediate problem of returning efugees in Zaire, and the longer-term challenge of how the international ommunity and countries in Central Africa might resolve the region's political onflicts. Kaba is the Dean of the Honors College and a professor of History and frican-American studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

- In an attempt to give business majors some on-the-job training, Washington University in St. Louis is providing entrepreneurs with students to help them write up business plans. NPR's Chris Arnold reports the program provides business people with inexpensive help, the students with real-life business experience and the possibility of dividends for both if their joint efforts are successful.

Critic Bob Mondello picks the best movies of the year, and surprise! "Twister" isn't one of them. He says that the most interesting films of the year actually were about disasters...just not the natural kind.

President Clinton made a rare trip to Capitol Hill today to begin the budget negotiation process. He and congressional leaders came out of a meeting saying they had agreed to try to balance the budget by 2002. They also agreed to work on improving education, cutting taxes, and other items, although they still need to resolve their disparate approaches. NPR's Brian Naylor has a report.

The huge waves that pound northern California beaches in the off-season are known to surfers as "the dogs of winter." A new psychological thriller called "The Dogs of Winter," by Kem Nunn, follows a surfer-photographer on what may be his last assignment. Alan Cheuse has the review. (STATIONS: "The Dogs of Winter" is published by Scribner's. "Kem" in author name is cq.)

Robert talks with NPR's Martha Raddatz about the possible new commitment of U.S. troops in Bosnia. They discuss how the mission will be defined, what its goals and objectives will be, and how the troops will operate on the ground in Bosnia. Also, they'll talk about the foreign policy credibility of the Clinton Administration and the Pentagon and what each hopes to accomplish with this new deployment of troops.

for a rendezvous with the Hubble telescope. During the mission the astronauts will upgrade equipment on the telescope.

NPR's Barbara Bradley joins Congress incoming freshman class at their orientation. This is when the new legislators learn how to organize their offices and become familiar with the nuts-and-bolts details of their next two years. And, as Bradley reports, this class is different from its predecessors: they're already talking compromise.

Writer Alice Van Buren takes us to a cafe in Paris. There we meet Bruno, the bald accordionist and discover how the ambience of this bohemian restaurant helps articulate her affection for the City of Lights.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports the Tokyo stock market revived today after massive losses last week, but the market is jittery. It's unclear whether the Japanese government will stick to its new policy of non-intervention in times of crisis in the market.