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reports on US hopes for a pan African peacekeeping force

Linda talks with Ronald Boster (BOSS-ter) about the economic plan Dole announced yesterday. Dole said if he were elected president he would cut taxes by 15 percent across the board and also balance the budget by the year 2002. Boster says Dole's plan would not allow for government savings and investment. Boster is a vice president of the business-supported Committee for Economic Development and a former GOP aide to the House Budget committee.

and Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport discuss baseball.

Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "The Orchard on Fire" (Moyer Bell) by British writer Shena MacKay.

reports on a new group of vigilantes operating in Russia.

- Jackie speaks with the BBC's Owen Bennet Jones in Geneva about an unusual and problematic proposal that Switzerland has received from the World Hindu Federation. The federation is asking the Swiss government to ship 230,000 Swiss cows to Nepal. Jones says the animals may be infected with Mad Cow Disease and have been slated for destruction. The federation argues the animals will be protected in Nepal, where they are considered sacred.

- Since September 30th, a volcano has been erupting beneath a glacier in southeastern Iceland. The subsequent heat has melted parts of the ice cap, sparking fears of massive flooding in the region. Jackie speaks with NPR's David Baron, who reports from a road overlooking the potential floodplain.

Environmentalist DOUG PEACOCK. He's devoted the last 20 years to saving the grizzly bear. Like many Veterans, he had trouble adjusting when he returned from Vietnam. He sought a life of seclusion in the mountains and it was then that he first encountered grizzly bears. Now, he performs research alone through the mountains of Wyoming and Montana studying the behavior, social hierarchy, and communication methods of grizzlies in their natural habitat. His books include "Grizzly Years," "Baja" and a memoir of Edward Abbey, "Walking It Off." Most recently, he contributed to "Mark of the Bear: Legend and Lore of An American Icon" (edited by Paul Schullery , Sierra Club Books). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW)REV.1: Music critic MILO MILES reviews the new CD "Funk Power" a collection of recordings by James Brown. (Polydor)REV.2: Film critic LISA SCHWARTZBAUM reviews Hong Kong marshall arts artist Jackie Chan's new film, "Supercop."

that would deny public education to children whose parents are in the country illegally. Such an immigration amendment is scheduled for consideration next month, when Congress returns from summer recess.

Noah talks with Paea (PY-uh) Wolfgramm, an Olympic silver medalist from the Kingdom of Tonga. Wolfgramm took his silver medal in boxing, making the Kingdom of Tonga the country bringing home the most medals per capita. They'll discuss his homecoming and his future in the sport.