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In Angola, Sierra Leone, and the Congo, the diamond trade has provided insurgent movements with billions of dollars worth of wealth and arms to continue their murderous campaigns. The United Nations has taken unprecedented steps to cut off the illicit diamond trade. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

Scott speaks with a cappuccino expert about making the perfect cup.

Scott with some thoughts about Joseph Lieberman, Al Gore's designated running mate.

A Boston-based heavyweight boxer named John the Quietman Ruiz steps into the ring tonight to fight Evander Holyfield for the World Boxing Association's heavyweight championship. Jason Beaubien, of member station WBUR in Boston, has a profile of Mr. Ruiz.

Noah talks with Jonathan Zittrain, asst. prof. of law and is co-dir. of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, at Harvard School of Law. They talk about the efforts of the French legal system to deal with internet access from France to an online auction of Nazi memorabilia by Yahoo. France has a law against the buying and selling of Nazi items. Mr. Zittrain talks about the legal precedents for the law, and the technical difficulty to enacting it.

Charlotte Renner reports that a pharmaceutical industry trade group is suing the State of Maine over a new drug pricing law. The law enables the state to negotiate lower prices for Maine residents who do not have insurance coverage for perscription drugs. Maine's law has attracted the interest of other states that are also looking to reduce drug prices.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports from Portland, Oregon where he's covering George W. Bush's presidential campaign.

NPR's senior news analyst Dan Schorr reviews the week's news.

The National Transportation Safety Board says a preliminary investigation has not yet determined the cause of last year's crash of an Egyptian airliner off the coast of New York. But NTSB Chairman Jim Hall said there were no unresolved safety issues. Egyptair flight 990 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in October killing all 217 people on board. Egyptian officials said more work needed to be done, mainly on the Boeing 767's elevator control system. Speculation about the cause of the crash has centered on one of the plane's co-pilots and the possibility that he deliberated plunged the aircraft into the sea. NPR's Guy Raz reports

Noah talks with Bill Carrick, a democratic media consultant. His firm is Morris, Carrick and Guma. They talk about the flap over a fundraiser scheduled at the Playboy Mansion, President Clinton's apology for his behavior at an evangelical conference yesterday and the other fundraising scheduled this weekend. Mr. Carrick disagrees with the rumor that VP Gore is keeping Clinton away from his campaign.