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in Miami is coping with congressional cuts in support funds.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports that the International War Crimes Tribunal today issued its first indictments for war crimes allegedly committed against Bosnian Serbs. Three Bosnian Muslims were indicted...the first to be charged by prosecutors...along with a Croat.

NPR's Melissa Block reports that in New York, two judges have come under fire for controversial rulings, one involving drug evidence that was thrown out in a federal case; the other involving a man freed on bail who then killed his girlfriend. Political opposition to these rulings has reached a fevered pitch, raising questions about judicial independence and the potential chilling effect of political pressure on the courts. Now Congress is involved and trying to get the White House to play a role. (8:00) CUTAWAY 2C 0:59 2D 16. FARM BILL -- Next week, Congress will vote on a bill that will result in a historic overhaul of the farm programs. Linda talks with Republican Congressman Pat Roberts of Kansas, who is the chair the House Agriculture Committee and who has been working out the details of this seven-year plan to ween farmers off the subsidy government programs. The bill will end traditional price-based subsidies and the government planting controls that control them. The bill is expected to pass through the House and Senate and President Clinton is expected to sign the bill.

NPR'S MARY KAY MAGISTAD REPORTS FROM TAIPEI ON THE TAIWANESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

TODAY IS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST MODERN OLYMPICS IN ATHENS, GREECE. SCOTT SPEAKS WITH AUTHOR DAVID WALLENCHINSKY ABOUT THOSE FIRST GAMES.

Noah Adams speaks with Mike McCleese, coach of Howard University's varsity basketball team. They discuss the maturity of young basketball player's today in light of the incident earlier this week when Nick van Exel of the NBA Los Angeles Lakers shoved a referee after being given a second technical foul and being tossed out of a game. Coach McCleese believes pro basketball players are not necessarily mature when they enter the pros and coaches in the pros are not there to help them with that part of their life. All in all, coach McCleese says, players are learning the right things in college sports and incidents like these are abberations.

Noah Adams talks NPR'S Sunni Khalid about Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Harriri call on Israel to withdraw from Southern Lebanon as a way to end the attacks from Hezbollah guerillas. He said his country can not stop Hezbollah without angering the Lebanese people.

MUSLIM GUERRILLAS FIRED ROCKETS AT NORTHERN ISRAEL THIS MORNING AFTER A WAVE OF RAIDS BY ISRAELI AIRCRAFT AGAINST SOUTH LEBANON VILLAGES. SCOTT SPEAKS WITH NPR'S ERIC WEINER, WHO IS IN NORTHERN ISRAEL.

THE SENATE TAKES UP A BILL, NEXT WEEK, AIMED AT STOPPING ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM ENTERING THIS COUNTRY. CRITICS SAY THE BILL VIOLATES THE RIGHTS OF US CITIZENS. NPR'S PETER KENYON REPORTS.

Daniel talks with Michelle Chalfoun, author of a new book called 'Roustabout'. Chalfoun's book is a fictional account of a young woman's experiences when she joins up with a circus as a member of its crew. The young woman's life is loosely based on Chalfoun's own experience when she also toured with a circus for a few years as a roustabout. Chalfoun says she'd like her next career to be that of a cook... ("Roustabout", HarperCollins).