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  • Sarajevo suburb that is being handed over later this month to the Muslim-Croat Federation.
  • Noah speaks with Ziad Abu Amr(ze-YADAH-boo AH-mer), a professor at Bir Zeit (beer-ZATE) University, about the recent bombing attacks in Israel. Abu Amr says such multiple attacks, in quick succession, are not the style of Hamas' military wing and that they are problably the work of a splinter group.
  • Princess Diana has announced her agreement to the request from her husband Prince Charles for a divorce. Linda Wertheimer speaks with NPR's Michael Goldfarb about what the impending divorce might mean for Britain and the Monarchy.
  • Commentator David Kline says that while the media and Wall Street may be going wild over the internet, some 90 percent of Americans are not on-line and do not much reason right now for them to go on-line. He notes that while you can read consumer reports on-line, you can't find someone to fix your washing machine, or sign your kid up for local soccer league, or pay your parking ticket. Until the internet becomes more practical, Kline says, it will still remain useful for just a few.
  • Last summer, we aired a documentary about a civil rights case brought against a small Cajun dancehall in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, called La Poussiere. The Justice department sued the facility for allegedly failing to admit a black patron, Zee Scott, who happened to be a Justice Department lawyer. Scott also sued. This week, the Justice Department settled its case against La Poussiere, which admitted the discrimination. The Justice Department also announced settlement of another race discrimination case involving another Louisiana restaurant. Danny talks about the cases with Devall Patrick, who heads the Justice Department's Civil Rights division.
  • Commentator Katherine Kersten says that while corporations and even school districts are stressing diversity training, this emphasis on people's differences only separates people further. She argues it emphasizes steryotypes and encourages people to see each other as members of "groups" rather than as individuals.
  • Commentator Andrea Bernstein (BERN-stine) has spent some time on the road, covering the campaign of Pat Buchanan. As an out lesbian, she was scared at the prospect of encountering the people who work for the candidate. She was surprised by whom she met.
  • The city's debt has reached 400-million-dollars. City buildings are running out of toilet paper, schools are without books, and when some police officers respond to emergency calls, they have to walk. Adding to the District's troubles, Congress has rejected the 1996 budget for a third time.
  • We hear excerpts of stump speeches from Republican candidates Steve Forbes, Bob Dole and Pat Buchanan as they campaign on the eve of Tuesday's primaries.
  • a recent bout with anti-semetism. The graffiti and desecrations have brought the diverse population of Mamaroneck together.
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