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NPR'S MIKE SHUSTER REPORTS ON THE DIFFICULTIES U-S OFFICIALS FACE IN TRYING TO SECURE AND SAFEGUARD NUCLEAR MATERIAL IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on United States officials' worries that the leaders of the Bosnian Serbs are still in power four months after the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement. The accord calls for Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic to step down. The two have been indicted by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal. Arrest warrants have been issued.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Professor of Government and Foreign Relations at the University of Virginia, about U-S prospects for finding a diplomatic solution to the military conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militias in southern Lebanon. To do so, the U.S. would need help from Hezbollah's two main supporters, Syria and Iran, as well as cooperation from Israel.

Part (3) of Rock Historian ED WARD''s series on the instruments of rock ''n roll. Today he tells us about the guitar.REV. 2:Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews the long awaited reissue of Virgil Thomson''s "Four Saints in Three Acts," (RCA V

ISRAEL - NPR'S Linda Gradstein reports that Israel is in no rush to stop its bombardment of Southern Lebanon, since it seems to be having an effect on Hezbollah's ability to fire katyushas into Israel. The diplomatic initiative seems to be on hold, as the US and Israel await a Syrian response to the US proposal. 2. A LEBANESE CAMP - NPR's Sunni Khalid reports from a UN-controlled refugee camp in Tyre, Lebanon. Whatever may be happening on diplomatic circles, refugees on the ground see no end to the disruption of their lives.

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militant Islamic group Hamas. Israel has sealed off Gaza and the West Bank, and has resorted to tactics not used since the intifada, or Palestinian uprising, in 1988. Hamas says it is undeterred by the Israeli aggression, and has promised renewed terrorist attacks against Israel.

SCOTT HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT INDIANA, AND THE HOOSIERS' OBSESSION WITH BASKETBALL.

Last night Danny visited the United States Naval Observatory in Washington DC to get a good look at Comet Hyakutake (high-yuh-kuh-tah-kee). Astronomer Steve Dick shows Danny where to look in the sky - without the aid of a telescope. The comet will be at its brightest early Monday morning. It will be visible throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The next time Hyakutake will pass by the earth will be in roughly 15-thousand years.