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Thousands of protestors have gathered in Quebec City to demonstrate at Summit of the Americas. In recent years, activists have created a network of volunteer first aid crews. North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann met with a team of "street medics" as they prepared to cross the border.

NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports on the information war waged by the Pentagon since the collision between a U.S. Navy surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet. The Pentagon released video of previous reconnaissance craft encounters with Chinese fighters. In doing so, they've steered the discussion toward the cause of the crash -- rather than the right of the U.S. plane to conduct its surveillance.

Commentator Stephen Kuusisto is a blind writer who was recently invited by a primate researcher to visit with a pair of young chimpanzees. The chimps, a boy and a girl, each about a year old, took instantly to the man with the white cane. They allowed him to touch and play with them, and he in turn allowed them to climb and jump from his cane. The experience has changed the way he feels about his cane.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from the city of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina on the secessionist moves by Croat nationalists. Tensions boiled over when SFOR peacekeepers raided a bank believed to be funding the Croat rebellion. International officials say they are facing their worst crisis since the end of the Bosnian war in 1995.

Dan Schorr discusses the week's events in the Middle East with Shibley Telhami, who holds the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, and Robert Satloff, who directs the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Cisco Systems announced this week that they cutting 8,500 jobs. Cisco is considered a pillar of the Internet industry. Scott speaks with Fortune magazine's executive editor Joe Nocera.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport about the NBA playoffs, which begin this weekend.

Scott talks with history professor and FDR biographer Patrick Maney about the enormous number of songs that were written for Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt during their time in the White House. (12:00) For more on this story, visit our FDR music feature page.

Eric Engelman reports from Moscow on the tumultuous week for the independent Russian media.

The Mississippi River is expected to crest today in the small Wisconsin town of Prairie du Chien. But the floods have already placed a tremendous financial burden on homeowners and businesses. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.