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REPORTER DEBORAH AMOS TELLS ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC'S U.N. AMBASSADOR, KAROL KOVANDA, WHOSE JOB AS SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT RECENTLY EXPIRED.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on a study of lending patterns that shows a remarkable rise in the numbers of mortgage loans given to minorities in 1994. Some credit the pressure of the Community Reinvestment Act, and regulators scrutinizing big bank mergers. Others note that the market is now favoring lower-income borrowers because the banks need their business.

In order to see whether the primary elections are getting as much attention away from New Hampshire and the Beltway, NPR's Mark Roberts talked to shoppers at the Castle Rock Factory Shops mall outside Denver, Colorado.

Commentator Mickey Edwards tries to make sense out of who is endorsing whom among the pack of Republican presidential contenders.

Robert talks with Hamid Araghie (aw-RAW-ghee), a journalist in Tehran about the arrival of Minister Louis Farrakhan in Iran and the reaction to a speech Farrakhan made yesterday at a rally celebrating the 1979 deposition of the Shah.

Assistant Professor of Government at Dartmouth University, about the results of the Iowa caucuses and what they might mean for the New Hampshire Primary one week from today.

Satire from Harry Shearer and an idea for helping to pay for a costly presidential bid.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports the Compuserve online service has reinstated most of the 200 discussion groups it had banned after German authorities complained about sexually explicit material on the internet. Compuserve said it was distributing software "filters" which will allow users to restrict access to certain newsgroups available through Compuserve.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH BRIAN NAYLOR ABOUT THE POLITICAL SCENE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE THIS WEEK

NPR's White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports on the White House announcement today that First Lady Hillary Clinton will respond in writing, as she has in the past, to questions from the Senate Whitewater committee. She has also been subpoened to testify before a grand jury investigating the Whitewater affair.