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NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the debate within the U.S. government over whether Chinese-supplied missiles in Pakistan have become operational. If they ARE operational, the U.S. would be required to impose sanctions against China and Pakistan, which could have serious repercussions.

In reaction to a declining domestic marketplace, Avon, the world's largest cosmetic company, and other U.S. businesses have targeted a more global audience. The strategy has definitely worked for Avon, last year they made four-and-a-half billion dollars in profit from sales in 125 countries. One town on the Amazon has no doctor or dentist, but the 3,000 residents are served by six Avon representatives.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali...who has announced he wants to serve another term...is going to face a major hurdle in the race: The United States. The Clinton Administration plans to block his re-election using the U.S. veto at the U.N.

Today is Pioneer Day, when Mormons celebrate the day their ancestors first came to Utah almost 150 years ago. But Utah was seen as a haven for other religious groups as well. At the turn of the century, a small gorup of Jews from the East created Clarion, a community in the desert dedicated to a return to the land by Jews. Despite help from Mormon farmers, these pioneers failed. Reporter Maria Titze (teet-suh) of member station KUER revisits Clarion and some of the people who remember it. (9:00) (IN S

2: Author and Jungian analyst, CHRISTINA MIDDLEBROOK. Her new book, "Seeing the Crab: A Memoir of Dying" (Basic Books) describes how she and her family came to terms with her breast cancer diagnosis. In 1991, Middlebrook had a mastectomy and doctors told her she had a fifty percent chance of living two years. Her book honestly details the physical and emotional rigors of cancer treatment, as well as the changes it has caused in relationships with her family and friends. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE END OF THE

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on a ruling by the California Supreme Court that significantly affects the state's "three-strikes" law. The law required judges to sentence felons to 25 years to life after their third conviction. The state supreme court has ruled that judges should have discretion to hand down a lighter sentence.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports that while investigators of the TWA crash are slowed by the lack of physical evidence, FBI agents are proceeding with other areas of inquiry. In case a bomb is named as the cause, they're putting together lists of terrorist groups who could be involved, as well as lists of potential suspects. And they're looking into other potential connections, such as whether July 17--the date of the crash--could have been a meaningful anniversary date for some group.

Doctor of psychology and director of a sleep disorder clinic in San Diego, SONIA ANCOLI-ISRAEL. Her new book, "All I Want Is A Good Night's Sleep" (Mosby-Year Book), addresses both sleep and the full range of sleep disorders, with advice on how to improve everyday sleep and how to overcome chronic sleep problems. Jet lag, snoring, sleepwalking and talking, and insomnia are all addressed. ANCOLI-ISRAEL is a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

is taking up a series of confrontational positions on sensitive issues.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Dr. Jeanne-Marie Col of the United Nations about the Great Tangshan (tang-SHUN) earthquake which occured in northeast China 20 years ago this week. Col recounts how the citizens of Qinglong (Ching-long) were able to accurately predict the quake, take precautionary measures, and thereby prevent any loss of life. By contrast, in the city of Tangshan and other nearby areas where people did not take such measures, it is estimated that 240-thousand people died and over 600-thousand were injured.