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NPR's Eric Weiner reports that King Hussein of Jordan and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat toured the West Bank today in a show of solidarity. The king's visit to the West Bank was his first since Israel captured the territory during the Six-Day War twenty-nine years ago.

under an old problem -- corruption. Surprisingly it's not of the political variety, but bureaucratic.

From the Zairean capital, Kinshasha, NPR's Jennifer Ludden eports on the success of Tutsi rebels in eastern Zaire, who are continuing to ake military gains. Last month, the rebels attacked Rwandan Hutu militia holed p in sprawling refugee camps, forcing more than half a million Hutu to return ome to Rwanda. Now, they say the want to topple the government of Zairean resident Mobutu Sese Seko (moh-BOO-too SAY-see SAY-koh).

In another of our audi postcards, NPR's Mike Shuster visits the legendary Uzbek city of Samarkand and tells the story of Ulug Beg, an enlightened 14th century leader and one of the world's first astronomers.

of female prisoners by male guards in many state prisons. The Human Rights Watch investigation conducted a two-year study of 11 women's prisons in California, Georgia, New York, Illinois, Michigan, and the District of Columbia.

General Motors reports that its profits for the third quarter of 1996 are double what they were for the same quarter last year. NPR's Don Gonyea reports that despite the good financial news, more than ten thousand auto workers have been laid off from GM plants in the US and in Mexico due to the Canadian Auto Workers' strike against GM.

Commentator Donald McCaig tells the story of "Uncle Peewee" - a 97 year old man - who died recently. For the people of Williamsville, West Virginia, it was the loss of their last nineteenth-century man.

The BBC's Julian Isherwood reports from Denmark that six members of the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang have gone to trial, charged with the murder of a member of a rival gang. The killing is part of a feud between motorcycle gangs that has been plaguing all of Scandinavia for the last two years.

about why economic cooperation between Israel and the Arabs has been slow to develop.