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Steve Tripoli has a report on the annual two-week intensive lobster harvest in New England, which culminates this week. The harvest and shipping season coincides with the tremendous seasonal demand in Europe for lobsters, which are part of the traditional New Year's meal in that part of the world.

of Zairian government troops from sizeable areas along the country's eastern border. Rebels reportedly control a 340-mile long strip of land, which runs along Zaire's borders with Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda. There are conflicting reports as to whether government troops or rebels control Kisangani, the largest city in Eastern Zaire.

Noah talks with Harry Robidoux, the director of Emergency Management Servic in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Robidoux led the search for a family of four whose plane crashed in the Pocono Mountains. Gary and Marie Knapp and their two children had been on their way home from visiting relatives in Massachusetts for Thanksgiving when their plane went down. All four survived, thanks to the rescue efforts which discovered the family some sixteen hours after the crash.

which the state of Florida will try to help resolve. At Miami's request, Governor Lawton Chiles has sent advisors to assist the city to bring the budget into balance, as required by state law. Miami faces a $68-million shortfall in the current year.

Carolyn Jack reports from Toronto that the beleaguered chief of Canada's armed forces resigned today....amid widespread calls for General Jean (JAHN) Boyle's removal over his alleged involvement in a coverup of the 1993 torture and murder of a Somali civilian by Canadian peacekeepers. Boyle's decision to step down follows the resignation last week of Canada's defense minister. An official inquiry is continuing into what Canadians call the "Somalia affair."

of Senate leaders and what lies ahead in the chamber this session with the new make-up of the parties.

the grandson of Mexican immigrants, has become the first Hispanic to hold the powerful post of California Assembly speaker.

From Belgrade, NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on the continuing protests against the regime of President Slobodan Milosevic by opposition party supporters and students. They're protesting the annulment of municipal elections held on November 17th, which Milosevic's opponents appeared to win. Thousands marched in front of the Serbian Parliament..the largest crowd yet in the 17 days of demonstrations. Earlier in the day, student protestors warned of possible fighting in the streets, and ninety judges joined in the opposition to Milosevic by demanding a re-examination of the election annulment rulings.

reluctance to intervene in the country's problems.

of operating on elderly patients, and how with people living longer than before, procedures that previously would not have been considered, are now common place.