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NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that oyster harvesting along parts of the Gulf of Mexico, from South Florida to Texas, is in danger because of a large algal bloom, usually called "red tide." The algae can be toxic to fish and other sea creatures...and that toxin cannot be destroyed by cooking, so the area's entire seafood harvest could be destroyed along parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana.

For the past two weeks in the former Soviet-Repubilc of elarus voters have faced a controversial referendum. If passed, it will greatly xpand the powers of the presidency. NPR's Andy Bowers visited the capital, insk, and profiles Natalia -- a young democrat running for Parliament in a ountry that still clings to its communist past.

A major environmental lobbying group has broken ranks, issuing a report that calls the Endangered Species Act a failure. The Environmental Defense Fund says the law hasn't protected species on private land and that the law needs to be overhauled to extend its reach to these areas. But other groups don't want Congress to tinker with one of environmentalism's monumental achievements. And as NPR's John Nielsen reports, ranchers and farmers are also opposed to any changes.

For the first time in Russian history, voters used a referendum election to decide their future. NPR's Andy Bowers reports that they used the referendum ballot to stop plans for a Cerhnobyl-style nuclear power plant. The Russian Atomic Energy Ministry had wanted to finish a plant in Kostroma, 250 miles northeast of Moscow. Residents turned it down by a nine-to-one margin.

to require more stringent standards for reducing air pollution from ozone and tiny particles of soot. The EPA announced the proposals yesterday.

to Russian President Boris Yeltsin's dismissal of his security chief, Alexander Lebed.

Robert talks with NPR's Michael Goldfarb in London about the elections in Great Britain today. Voters are choosing between Prime Minister John Major and his Conservative Party...and Tony Blair and his Labor Party. Polls indicate a win by Labor that will end 18-years of Conservative government.

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Robert talks with Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Center for People and the Press, about yesterday's elections and what the results mean for the nation. Kohut says that although there are discernable patterns in voting, there is no really defined pattern of what all the results of the races mean politically. Overall, mainstream political ideas carried the day...and neither the Republicans nor the Democrats ended up with a mandate.

Weekend Edition's Daniel Schorr speaks with Ahmad Chalabi (CHA-la-bee), President of the Iraqi National Congress,--a coalition of Sunni, Shi'it and Kurdish opposition groups in Iraq--and Robert Satloff, Executive Director of the Washington Institute for Near East, about the future of opposition to Saddam Hussein.