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BOSNIA: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS AND NPR'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT TOM GJELTEN AND, IN SARAJEVO, NPR'S ANDY BOWERS, ABOUT THE 200 UNITED NATIONS SOLDIERS BEING HELD, EITHER AS HOSTAGES OR HUMAN SHIELDS, BY SERB FORCES AGAINST FURTHER AIR-STRIKES BY NATO WARPLANES IN BOSNIA. THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING THERE, AND WHAT MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN BY THE FRENCH CABINET, NATO, AND THE UNITED NATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THIS ACT.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH NPR'S ANDY BOWERS IN SARAJEVO ABOUT U.N. EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE HOSTAGE SITUATION AND THE SEARCH FOR THE AMERICAN PILOT OF AN F-16 SHOT DOWN OVER BOSNIA YESTERDAY.

THE EIGHT-DAY SUMMIT MEETING HELD BETWEEN U.S. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL AND SOVIET LEADER JOSEPH STALIN ENDED AT THE SMALL CRIMEAN RESORT TOWN OF YALTA 50 YEARS AGO TODAY. NPR'S ANDY BOWERS PREPARED THIS REPORT.

Daniel talks to David Rydowski, a lawyer in Philadelphia, and Rep. Bill McCollum (R-Florida) about the crime legislation passed by the House of Representatives this week. It allows for some evidence acquired improperly to be allowed in court. McCollum says that people are tired of criminals avoiding convictions on technicalities, but Rydowski is afraid that it would be a a violation of the Constitutional protection against illegal search and seizure.

BRUCE GELLERMAN OF MEMBER STATION WBUR IN BOSTON REPORTS ON EFFORTS BY THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF LAW IN ANDOVER TO CHALLENGE THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OVER ITS ACCREDITATION STANDARDS.

NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on the controversy over a federally mandated water filtration system in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Officials there say that the 3-million dollar system is unecessary because their water is already clean.

Jacki talks with author Barbara Holland about the more bizarre methods of trying suspected criminals in times past. She feels that the present day jury system is a vast improvement on the previous system - trial by ordeal or trial by combat. Holland tells stories of gladiators... vats of boiling oil...and drownings.. those who survived were of course innocent.

NPR'S PHILLIP DAVIS REPORTS ON EFFORTS BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO AMEND FEDERAL REGULATIONS TO GIVE NEW RIGHTS TO PROPERTY OWNERS AT THE EXPENSE OF IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.

Jyll Johnstone and Barbara Ettinger have explored the way they each were raised by nanny's in the 1950's in a new documentary called "Martha and Ethyl." Johnstone's nanny was a rigid disciplinarian, Ettinger had the opposite with a woman named Ethyl who she now look upon as a second mother.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on the fact that two out of three households cannot afford a computer. Experts say the technology gap between the haves and have nots is a growing problem for the nation's workforce.