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In Brussels today, the European Commission proposed to the European councils of ministers that the name "feta" be reserved for cheese made in Greece. The proposal is controversial because Denmark is afraid that that such a law will hurt its feta sales. We spoke to an expert to find out why feta cheese is in a class of its own.

Daniel interviews pianist Leon Fleisher. In the 1950's and 60's, Fleisher was performing on the concert circuit with some of the best orchestras. But then in 1965 his performing career came to a halt when his right hand stopped functioning because of a repetitive motion injury. For the past 30 years, he's been teaching piano at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore and occasionally performing and recording piano works for the left-hand. Recently, he started performing again with both hands - and he performs for us at his Baltimore practice studio.

Many species are threatened or endangered. One way of saving the animals and the surrounding forest is eco-tourism -- promoting tours for outsiders concerned with the conservation of the ecosystem. In some areas, just a hundred visitors per year would make a huge impact.

Political Action Committees are defending themselves from the latest proposal to outlaw them. The legislation could come up in the House this spring or summer, as part of campaign finance reform. Critics say PAC donations to lawmakers give special interest groups too much influence. Supporters say pooled money in PACs give a political voice to Americans without enough money to make large donations. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that tomorrow's four Midwest presidential primaries are more important for what they say about Sen. Bob Dole's prospects in the November elections than for their actual importance in the Republican nominating race. Dole is considered far ahead of his only remaining GOP opponent, commentator Pat Buchanan, in the Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio contests. All four states could prove crucial to who wins in November.(4:00) 2. WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? -- NPR's Kathy Schalch reports that presidential candidates have a lot more to spend their money on than expensive television advertising, which often gets the most attention. They spend the bulk of their funds on staff and travel, and direct-mail solicitations to help them raise even more money. This year is already the most expensive campaign in history, but experts aren't sure just what all that spending is getting in return.

Suzan Lori Parks is one of the hottest playwrights on the New York scene. The Public Theatre is presenting (starting next week) her latest work for the stage, "Venus." She wrote the screenplay for Spike Lee's latest ("Girls 6") and she's been contracted to write another. Charlene Scott reports.

of Sarajevo will be transferred from Serb to Muslim-Croat control tomorrow.

Outside of Tokyo's Olympic Stadium, a small mockup of the Olympic rings has stood for the past year. But it wasn't until last week that people began to line up to take pictures.

The attorney of David Kaczynski, the brother of the man suspected of being the Unabomber, described the family's efforts in the case. Attorney Tony Bisceglie (Biss-SEGG-lee) told reporters that David had begun to suspect the possibility of his brother's involvement in the Unabomb case last summer, because Theodore had written letters and articles with themes and phraseology similar to the Unabomber, and because he had lived in parts of the country associated with the Unabomber. Bisceglie said that after the Unabomber's manifesto was published last year, David worked with a private investigator and a former FBI behaviour analyst before he went to the FBI. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.