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SCOTT SPEAKS WITH U-N PROTECTION FORCE SPOKESMAN CHRIS VERNON ABOUT THE LATEST NEWS ON BOSNIA AND THE FATE OF THE MISSING AMERICAN JOURNALIST.

WE ARE RE-AIRING A SEGMENT THAT RAN ON WEEKEND EDITION EIGHT YEARS AGO, WHICH PROFILED THE NEWARK ABBEY, A ROMAN CATHOLIC BENEDICTINE MONASTERY IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. THE POPE'S VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES BEGAN IN NEWARK AND WE WANTED TO CONSIDER, AGAIN, THE MONASTERY'S WAY OF LIFE THIS WEEK.

Critic Bob Mondello reviews the recent two new movies based on the Shakespeare classic, "Othello" and "Richard The Third."

Daniel talks with NPR's Linda Gradstein who is in Jeruselem about the death of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. He was shot at a peace rally in Jeruselem today.

ON THIS DAY, ARMISTICE DAY, IN 1938 KATE SMITH SANG IRVING BERLIN'S SONG "GOD BLESS AMERICA" FOR THE FIRST TIME ON RADIO. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH BERLIN'S DAUGHTER MARY ELLIN BARRETT ABOUT THE CHANGES HER FATHER MADE TO THE SONG BEFORE HE GAVE TO THE LEGENDARY SINGER.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

REPORTS THAT IN RUSSIA THE KGB IS STILL VERY MUCH THE SAME AS DURING THE DAYS OF COMMUNISM.

WE CORRECT A STORY WE RAN IN SEPTEMBER -- THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY DEFINITIVELY -- ABOUT WHO AIRED THE FIRST BEATLES SONG IN THE U.S.

WE REPLAY, AS PART OF OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCE, JOHN HOCKENBERRY'S 1986 STORY ABOUT A MAN WITH THE RARE BRAIN DISORDER TOURETTE'S (tur-ETTS) SYNDROME -- WHICH CAUSES INVOLUNTARY, AND OFTEN VULGAR, UTTERANCES IN THOSE AFFLICTED WITH IT.

Susan speaks with Father Fred Kamer, president of Catholic Relief Services about a decrease in contributions to charity by Americans. He says that this decline in giving comes at a time when more people are requesting assistance from churches and other charitable organizations.