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Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Ted Clark about the visit of Israeli Prime Minister to the White House. President Clinton and Prime Minister Peres are considering increased cooperation between the US and Isreal along with continuing joint efforts to fight terrorism.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on how the war in Liberia has affected the country's Lebanese community. The Lebanese have been in Liberia for about a hundred years, and they control much of business. The war has driven most of the original community of fifteen thousand Lebanese out of the country. About two hundred are holding out, however, including two Lebanese who have kept the capital's only hotel running despite the city's plunge into anarchy over the past month.

Commentator Alan Cheuse reviews a new novel called The Gospel of Corax, a fictional work that attempts to tell the story of Jesus that is not told in the Biblical Gospels. (The book is published by Soho

Bob Mondello reviews HORSEMAN ON THE ROOF, a movie that's literally about love in the time of cholera. It's a swashbuckling romance from the director of CYRANO DE BERGERAC.

that would have banned a rare type of late-term abortion and the possible political cost of that veto.

Noah and Linda read letters from our listeners. The address for letters is All Things Considered, 635 Massachussetts Ave., NW; Washington D.C. 20001. Or by E-mail at ATC@npr.org

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports that while many politicians and educators are busily trying to get American schools to work harder at producing students who can compete in the international marketplace, some parents are concerned that their kids are working too hard. They fear the pressure to complete large homework assignments and to get ahead in school is destroying their children's love for learning, and is turning childhood into an ordeal.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on the dispute over US troops in Okinawa. On the eve of President Clinton's trip to Asia next week, the two governments have agreed to change the base agreement, which is at the heart of the US-Japan security alliance.

After the Oklahoma City bombing, the country suddenly took note of the rhetoric coming from far-right radical groups such as the numerous citizen militias and separatists such as the Posse Comitatus. Now, reports NPR's Howard Berkes, similar links are being made between the suspected Unabomber and the inflammatory language of some radical environmental groups.