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NPR's Steve Inskeep reports from the Republican presidential campaign trail in Wyoming, where Texas Governor George W. Bush's vice-presidential choice, Dick Cheney, is already deflecting attacks from democrats. They point to Cheney's congressional voting record as evidence that he's a hard-line conservative.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports Yasser Arafat returned home to a hero's welcome in Gaza where thousands of supporters took to the streets to praise the Palestinian leader for his refusal to compromise on key issues at the just-concluded Camp David summit.

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Tel Aviv reports Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak returned from the failed Camp David summit, with the fate of the Middle East peace process and his own political future open to question.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports from Paris that nvestigators are focusing on the engines of the Air France Concorde jet that crashed yesterday outside Paris, killing 113 people. One of the engines on the doomed supersonic jet was repaired just before the flight, but a company spokesman says it's too early to say whether that problem was responsible for the crash.

Jacky Rowland reports from Belgrade that a Yugoslav military court today sentenced a Serb journalist to seven years in prison on charges of espionage and spreading false information. The reporter, Miroslav Filipovic reported allegations of atrocities committed by Yugoslav army troops against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo last year.

NPR's Sarah Chayes reports that an Air France Concorde carrying German tourists to New York for a Caribbean cruise crashed outside Paris shortly after takeoff yesterday. At least 113 people died in the crash.

Protestor MICHAEL MORILL ("Mor-ale") is the organizer of Unity 2000 a coalition of groups which is staging a rally on Sunday, July 31st, to cover a range of issues. MORILL and his organization sued the city to obtain a permit to protest. Also AMY KWASNICKI ("Kwas-NICK-ee") is a member of the Philadelphia Direct Action Group which is coordinating three days of protests and civil disobedience during the convention. The group was not given a permit to protest.Music critic MILO MILES reviews new albums by two Latin artists: "Make Up for Lost Time" (High tone) by Little Willie G. and "Nava" (Ryko latin label) the debut album by Nava.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next Fresh Air. . . preparing for protests during the Republican National convention. . . a talk with reporter THOMAS GINSBERG of the Philadelphia Inquirer about the city's planned response and a talk with the organizers of two protests, one of them sanctioned, and the other not. That's coming up on the next Fresh Air.

Host Lynn Neary talks to NPR's Sarah Chayes about developments in the aftermath of the fatal crash of Air France Concorde that killed 113 people on Tuesday. French aviation experts have extracted some of the data from the two so called black boxes and have begun analyzing it.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Kabul on the tedious and dangerous job of clearing explosive landmines in Afghanistan. Hundreds of thousands of mines were laid by the Soviet Union and Mujahadeen rebels. Those mines continue to maim and kill innocent Afghans.

George W. Bush will claim the presidential nomination of the Republican Party in Philadelphia next week, reaching a new high in a political career that began without much fanfare in Texas more than two decades ago. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on George W. Bush's early forays into business and politics in West Texas.