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"I just want you to know," Raveena told the NPR office, "that in this space that we're in, you're extremely, extremely loved."

The inmate, John Henry Ramirez, was in a small cell steps from the death chamber when he was told of the reprieve. He had asked to have a pastor touch him and vocalize prayers when he was executed.

Mexicans are sharing spectacular videos of bursts of blue lights seen streaking across the skies after a 7.0 earthquake rattled the country's Pacific coast on Wednesday.

With America's firefighting labor maxed out, Mexican nationals on temporary work visas are fighting fires near Lake Tahoe. It's hard work, but so is subsistence farming back home, and it pays better.

Two groups of scientists report that have successfully transplanted lab-grown cells to repair severely damaged corneas. Their findings appear in the journal "Cornea" and in tomorrow's New England Journal of Medicine. NPR's Wendy Schmelzer reports.

WAYNE BARRETT, author of the book, –Rudy!: An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani— (Basic Books). Rudolph Giuliani, the mayor of New York City, recently dropped out of the highly visible New York Senate race, after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The Mayor is a controversial figure; some think of him as a savior who has cleaned up Manhattans streets, while others see him as a turn around artist and brut. BARRETTs book traces Guilianis life and careerfrom college student to U.S. attorney, to mayor of New York City and possible senate candidate. BARRETT is a senior editor at the Village Voice. He has been covering politics and Guiliani for over 20 years. He is also the author of Trump: The Deals and the Downfall, and co-author of City for Sale.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next Fresh Air We talk with political reporter Wayne Barrett about his new investigative biography of Rudy Guiliuani. The Mayor of New York City recently dropped out of the New York Senate race after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. And we meet Yugoslavian born writer ALEKSANDER HEMON. Thats coming up on the next Fresh Air.

Tristan Clum of member station KNAU reports on documenting dendroglyphs...tree carvings...near Flagstaff, Arizona. Starting in the late 1800's, sheepherders, many of from the Basque region of Northern Spain, carved basic messages or elaborate images into the bark of aspen trees in this area. Now the trees are dying, and historians are trying to compile information before it's too late.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports the American Civil Liberties Union has released a report criticizing the way the Seattle police handled the World Trade Organization protests last fall. The report is being carefully studied by organizers of the Democratic and Republican conventions in anticipation of demonstrations at their events.

Toni Hasson reports from Tokyo on the first International Tribunal for crimes committed against women during the Second World War. Specifically, it will look into the allegations of so called Comfort Women-- women who were forced to have sex with members of the Japanese military during the war.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from Berlin that former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl faced another day of testimony before the parliament today about illegal donations to his political party, the Christian Democratic Union. As before, Kohl refused to name the donors who gave the party some one million dollars in undeclared contributions. He says he promised the donors anonymity, and won't break his word. Kohl denies his government traded favors for the money, as well as allegations that his government accepted bribes from a French company to purchase a German oil refinery.