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The BBC's Julian Isherwood reports from Denmark that six members of the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang have gone to trial, charged with the murder of a member of a rival gang. The killing is part of a feud between motorcycle gangs that has been plaguing all of Scandinavia for the last two years.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that Western powers are getting closer to agreeing on the creation of a multinational force to provide security for the delivery of aid to a million refugees in eastern Zaire. Canada has apparently offered to lead such a force. The Clinton administration agrees that some sort of military intervention will be necessary, but it won't participate until numerous details about the size and mandate of the force are worked out. Some countries, notably France, have sharply criticized the US go-slow attitude, accusing Washington of dragging its feet.

Noah talks to Esquire contributing editor Martha Sherrill about the cover story she wrote for the November issue of the magazine. It is called "DREAM GIRL: The Allegra Coleman that Nobody Knows." It is a parody of the intimate actor interview genre. Sherrill created a profile of a starlet on the cusp of a meteoric rise in Hollywood...but the actor she "interviewed" - Allegra Coleman - doesn't really exist.

between the big-3 carmakers to accelerate research into "smart" airbags. The new systems, tentatively planned to be installed starting in 1999, would use sensors to tell the airbag how fast and with how much force to deploy. Public hearings on airbag safety will be held today in Washington.

Roving correspondent Bob Garfield puzzles over a newspaper advertisement for a Leica 35mm camera said to be one of a limited stock of "Anton Bruckner Centennial" models. There is, in fact, just one .. and the connection to the composer is non-existent.

could soon be used to help Alzheimer's patients...a disease that causes irreversible memory loss in about five million people. The new drug was designed in a laboratory, and it's been shown to improve memory in rats and now in humans.

will react to the new Bosnian mandate.

Robert talks with former Central Intelligence Agency director Robert Gates, about the recent arrest of CIA agent Harold Nicholson, on charges of counter-espionage for Russia. Gates says there were significant reforms at the CIA after Aldrich Ames was caught spying for the Soviet Union, making it faster and easier to catch spies. Gates was director of the CIA from November 1991 to January 1993.

to China this week. Over the last two years, the Clinton administration has placed less emphasis on human rights, in an effort to improve relations. Among other topics important to the U.S. are: trade, arms proliferation, the future of Taiwan, and the change in Hong Kong.

The government has charged a veteran CIA agent with spying for Russia over the past two years. The suspect is Harold Nicholson, who has served as a station chief abroad and as a trainer of new agents... but most recently worked in counterterrorism at CIA headquarters. The US Attorney in charge of the case says Nicholson was motivated by greed, not ideology. He is accused of selling Russia information in exchange for more than 100-thousand dollars. The FBI says Nicholson may have revealed to the Russians the identities of all new CIA agents trained during the last two years. NPR's Martha Raddatz has a report.