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Some United Nations attorneys working as defense attorneys for accused war criminals at the Rwandan war crimes tribunal in Tanzania are accused of bribing their clients. It is the accused criminal's duty to choose his or her own attorney. By offering gifts to the accused, attorneys can improve their chances of being chosen. Robert Siegel talks with Dileep Nair, Undersecretary General for the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services.

East Peoria Community High School administrators are examining their usage of Native American imagery with the “Raiders” nickname for their sports teams.

Robert Siegel talks about the American reconnaissance plane with James Bamford, author of two books about the National Security Agency: The Puzzle Palace, and the soon to be published Body of Secrets. (4:15) The Puzzle Palace is published by Viking Penguin. Body of Secrets is due for publication at the end of the month by Doubleday.

Robert Siegel talks to Matt Sheehan, editor in chief of The Diamondback, the University of Maryland student newspaper, about violence on campus after Maryland's basketball team lost to Duke in the NCAA Final Four this past weekend.

Bolivia has the highest infant mortality in South America, far worse than its neighbors. NPR's Joe Palca explores the reasons for this depressing statistic, and also looks into what both governmental and non-governmental organizations are doing to address the problem.

Robert Siegel talks with Aleksa Djilas, historian and political commentator in Belgrade, about the arrest of Slobodan Milosevic.

The Census Bureau announced today that the population has continued its shift south and west. The new population center -- that is, the point with equal populations to its north, south, east and west-- is in Phelps County, Mo. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Belgrade that Serbian authorities have filed new charges against former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic -- who is now in a small, sparse jail cell.

Secretary of State Colin Powell has decided the United States should continue financial aid to Yugoslavia. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports $50 million -- the second half of a U.S. aid package -- was contingent upon Yugoslavia's showing cooperation with the international war crimes tribunal in the Hague.

Jeff Lunden reports from New York on the opening of Stones in His Pockets, a play about celebrity worship in a small Irish town, now getting enormous buzz on Broadway. It stars just two actors who together play fifteen parts on a nearly-bare stage. The playwright says she wouldn't have gotten it staged unless she wrote it that way.