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NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from England on the trial of a Dutch truck driver who was found with the bodies of 58 Chinese people.

Robert Siegel talks to Margo Wallstrom, the European Commission's top environmental official, about her visit to Washington today, and her discussion with EPA Administrator Christie Whitman. Wallstrom conveyed strong European concerns about the decision by the Bush administration not to ratify the Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on complaints by oil producers that they need restrictions on energy exploration lifted from more public lands. They say more gas and oil should be produced in the U.S. and the lack of access to public lands is the chief obstacle.

Robert Siegel talks with Chuck Sudetic, author of Blood and Vengeance: One Family's Story of the War in Bosnia, about other indicted Yugoslavian war criminals who have yet to be arrested, where they are and what they're doing. Sudetic suggests the Milosevic arrest may lead some of these accused war criminals to start betraying each other, and that will play into the hands of the Hague tribunal. Sudetic covered the collapse of Yugoslavia and the war in Bosnia for the New York Times from 1990-95. (4:00) Blood and Vengeance is published by Penguin, 1999.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports five contenders are vying to replace International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch, who is stepping down after two tumultuous decades at the top.

The Normal Planning Commission next week will take up a potential change to Rivian's site plan. The electric vehicle maker is proposing a 623,000-square-foot addition on the west side of the current building.

Commentator Arti Srivastava believes many mothers in the U.S. try to train their children to be too independent too early.

NPR's Peter Overby reports that the campaign finance bill passed last night by the Senate virtually ignores President Bush's suggested set of principles for campaign finance reform. Now the White House is mulling what to do about the bill.

Prices plunged on Wall Street again today. Now that the stock market is struggling, commentator Andrei Codrescu says the long bull market didn't amount to much more than greed. He thinks the pioneering spirit of the Internet was long ago swallowed up by big corporations.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports that despite the country's increasing racial diversity, a new report shows segregation remains common in metropolitan areas. The report, using data from the 2000 Census, comes from the State University of New York in Albany.