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NPR's Ted Clark reports that the Taliban, the militant Islamic movement that's taken over most of Afghanistan, has sent a delegation to the U.S. to lobby for international recognition of the Taliban as the country's legitimate government. The Taliban is trying to gain Afghanistan's United Nations seat. It also wants to dilute international criticism in the areas of human rights and terrorism. The Taliban has refused to hand over Osama bin Laden, who's accused of masterminding the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Africa.

Robert talks to Geneive Abdo, a correspondent for the Guardian newspaper, about the reform movement in Iran. Abdo says the crackdown on the reformist press has muzzled the ability of the reformers to communicate their ideas with the electorate. She says it proves the real power still lies with the hard-liners, despite recent electoral victories.

NPR Film Critic Bob Mondello reviews the movie Best In Show. It's a new mocumentary from Christopher Guest, (in the spirit of Waiting for Guffman). Bob says it walks a line between condescension and hilarity, and does it well.

Jacky Rowland reports from Belgrade that Yugoslav opposition leaders have launched a civil disobedience campaign to persuade President Slobodan Milosevic to recognize Sunday's election victory of Vojislav Kostunica and to cede power. Thousands of Serbs demonstrated again today in downtown Belgrade, and crowds were out in provincial cities, as well. She says although state-run television is showing pictures of Milosevic, still in charge, government officials are not answering phones, and it seems they do not know how to handle the situation. And, though top officers in the army and police are loyal to Milosevic, army soldiers, as well as rank and file policemen, do not support the regime.

The campaign of civil disobedience is in full swing following this week's election in Yugloslavia. Scott speaks with Times of London reporter Misha Glenny, who is in Belgrade.

The US Presidential candidates are talking dollars. NPR's Steve Inskeep looks at the fine line between marketing principles and pandering.

This week, entertainment industry executives proclaimed to Congress that they would never again allow young children to be part of the industry's test audience for R-rated films. Satirists Amy Dickinson and Rebecca Flowers pretend to be two 9-year-olds who took part in the screenings.

Commentator Mark Jenkins was a student at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. He says the new film Remember the Titans, which is based on events in at Williams High that year, doesn't square with his memory of the school.

NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports on how regular bus and rail riders are dealing with the two-week-old public transit strike in Los Angeles. Many of these people are poor, service workers who don't own car. The extra costs of getting to their jobs have left some worried about how they'll pay for rent and groceries.

Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman was regarded as a bold and risky choice for a vice presidential candidate, the first Jew to appear on a major party's national ticket. Since he was named in August, Lieberman has clearly helped the man who picked him, Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore. But while Lieberman's strong emphasis on his religion and ethnicity has been a plus, it has also generated controversy in some unexpected ways. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.