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NPR'S ERIC WEINER REPORTS ON THE UPCOMING PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS -- THE FIRST-EVER DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS FOR PALESTINIANS ON THEIR TERRITORY.

SIMON/ KOSHER PIZZA: A RABBI IN CALGARY, ALBERTA, GOT HIS NEW YORK KOSHER PIZZA THE ONLY WAY HE COULD....FROM THE ONLY NEW YORK PURVEYOR OF KOSHER PIZZA -- VIA SPECIAL AIR DELIVERY! 2:45.

Pope John Paul II begins his week-long tour of Latin America today. This trip includes stops in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Hopes run high that this visit will help shore up support for the Catholic church in a region that has traditionally been one of its strongholds. Emma Paterson reports from Guatemala on how increasingly popular evangelical churches are posing a threat to the dominance of the Catholic Church in Central America.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that in the recent old days, creative initiatives came from the Federal government, but lately, with the budget impasse and gridlock on Capitol Hill, the states seem to be taking the lead once again.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the debate in Los Angeles over how to prepare for the next big earthquake. In the two years since the Northridge quake, Los Angeles's biggest, scientists and engineers have discovered that while most buildings withstood the quake and loss of life was relatively low, the cost of repairing buildings so people could reoccupy them has been overwhelming.

Refugee operations are being shut down at Guantanamo Naval Base. The base at the eastern tip of Cuba became a center of U.S. refugee operations during the summer of 1994, when thousands of Cubans and Haitians trying to reach the United States by boat or raft were intercepted at sea by U.S. Navy ships and brought to Guantanmo. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports the last Cubans to leave the base will be resettled in the United States by the end of this month.

Robert talks with Chris Haddenfield, an editor at Golf Digest magazine. Haddenfield has just returned from visiting the movie set of "Tin Cup," a golf comedy starring Kevin Kostner. Haddenfield also talks about "Follow the Sun," a 1950s film about golf legend Ben Hogan, which was just re-released. And why are there so many golf movies in production right now?

Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on efforts to teach Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza the basics of voting in advance of elections for a president and legislative council in the autonomous territories. The elections on Saturday are the first time Palestinians have ever participated in the Democratic process on their own land.

Commentator Donna D'Amico Mayer describes the experience of being left by her husband of 20 years.

Robert speaks with Dmitri (dih-MEE-tree) Trainin (TREN-nin), a military analyst at Carnegie Endowments Moscow Center. Mr. Treinin explains why the Russian military has had such problems stopping the Chechen rebels in Dagestan in southern Russia.