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Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews "Chant d''amour" the new CD by mezzo-soprano CECILIA BARTOLI and pianist Myung-Whun Chang. . . of French songs from the 19th & 20th century. (London

NPR's Sunni Khalid reports on changes in the economy of Syria. The country has been governed by President Hafez al-Assad since 1970, and for most of that time the economy has been under his tight controls as well. But five years ago, the government enacted Public Law Number 10, which relaxed the government's control of production and trade. Since that time, Syrian consumers have had access to more foreign goods, and more Syrian-made products are for sale in the rest of the world.

of Arthur Miller's " >The Crucible."

Unabomber suspect Ted Kaczynski makes an appearance... via satellite broadcast... in a New Jersey courtroom to answer charges that he killed a New Jersey advertising executive. Madeleine Brand of member station WBGO in Newark reports.

NPR's Rick Karr tells us how Chicago's Michigan Avenue is lit up every year for the holidays...a feat he can't seem to duplicate at his house.

of the >Guinness Book of Records about the publication's 40th anniversary.

Robert talks with Charles Dick, researcher at the Conflict Studies Research Centre in England, about the state of the Russian Army. Dick's report is titled "A Bear Without Claws: The Russian Army in the Nineties." Dick says that while the Soviet Army was a relatively effective force, the Russian Army is corrupt and ill-prepared for crisis. Dick says severe hazing is endemic in the Russian Army, and an estimated three to four thousand servicemen die annually from non-combat causes. The article is published in a journal called "Geopolitique."

Noah Adams speaks with Madeleine Peyroux (pe-ROO), a twenty-two-year-old singer, who's just released her first CD, "Dreamland." Her career began on the streets of Paris when she was just 15 years old. She specializes in material from the 1920's, '30's and '40's including songs originally made famous by Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday. While her style pays homage to the originators, Madeleine Peyroux adds her own unique imprint to the material.

in Singapore with plans to introduce free trade in computers and telecommunications products.

For the first time in Russian history, voters used a referendum election to decide their future. NPR's Andy Bowers reports that they used the referendum ballot to stop plans for a Cerhnobyl-style nuclear power plant. The Russian Atomic Energy Ministry had wanted to finish a plant in Kostroma, 250 miles northeast of Moscow. Residents turned it down by a nine-to-one margin.