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A federal appeals court ruled today that the sexual harassment suit filed by a former Arkansas state employee against President Clinton can proceed. The president's lawyers had asked the court not to require a sitting president to testify under oath. The 3-judge panel ruled that a president is not immune from civil suits for his unofficial acts. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

SIMON/RON: WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT SHARES WITH US HIS PICK FOR THE HEISMAN TROPHY: COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOR.

to secure the release of 16 Muslim civilians seized earlier this week in a Serb-controlled suburb of Sarajevo. It's the first real test of the NATO mission in Bosnia.

BBC reporter Orla Guerin [GEER-in] reports on the turnover today by Bosnian Serbs of sixteen civilians, including two children, who were detained after they entered a Serb-held suburb of Sarajevo. The Serbs had accused them of "illegal activities," and threatened to put them on trial.

NPR'S JULIE MCCARTHY REPORTS FROM SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA THAT PROSECUTORS HAVE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR FORMER PRESIDENT CHUN DOO-HWAN. THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND ARREST OF A FORMER PRESIDENT WITHIN A MONTH. FORMER PRESIDENT ROH TAE-WOO IS BEING HELD ON CORRUPTION CHARGES.

NPR'S BRENDA WILSON GIVES A STATUS REPORT ON THE AIDS VIRUS AS THE WORLD OBSERVES AIDS DAY 1995.

Mike Lanchin reports from El Salvador that nearly four years after the end of that country's civil war, a new civilian police force includes people connected to former death squads.

7TH GRADERS FROM SUBURBAN BOSTON ARE RAISING FUNDS TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN PAKISTAN TO HONOR A 12 YEAR OLD CHILD LABOR ACTIVIST WHO WAS KILLED EARLIER THIS YEAR. SCOTT SPEAKS WITH TWO OF THE STUDENTS.

Former French Socialist President Francois (FRA

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that the big blizzard has brought business throughout the region to a standstill. For northeastern retailers, the storm comes on top of several weeks of bad weather that has kept shoppers at home.