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minister charge over taxes and customs. Yeltsin hopes this order will be the key to cracking down on economic crime. The Russian president also ruled out changes to the constitution suggested by his foes, that would reduce Yeltsin's power.

against mad cow disease in the U.S. They want to stop certain leftover animal parts from being used in livestock feed sold to U.S. farmers.

NPR's Edward Lifson reports from Belgrade that the government of President Slobodan Milosevic has admitted that the Opposition Party won some of those municipal elections held last November. In a letter to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Serbian foreign minister did not concede his position on the most important elections that were annulled. The Opposition and Western diplomats say it's another Milosevic stalling tactic.

House Republicans continued their public campaign to keep Georgia Republican Newt Gingrich in control of the Speakership today. Party leaders held a conference call to reassure caucus members of the inconsequential nature of Gingrich's ethics violations. And Republican National Committee chairman Haley Barbour told a press conference that Democrats were making a raw partisan power play to manipulate the ethics process and deny Republicans the leadership they won in the election. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Scott talks to chef Danny Meyer, one of the country's most influential chefs, about food trends to look for in 1997.

and other members of the multinational force will be spending their second Christmas in Bosnia. But this time it will be under the auspices of SFOR, not IFOR.

Hans Jaap Melissen of Radio Netherlands reports on a race today which took place on the frozen canals and lakes of Holland. More than 16 thousand skaters participated in this 125 mile race which is only run when that country's network of canals freezes over.

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Robert talks with classical guitarist Eliot Fisk. Fisk shares his life story with Robert... particularly, about how an attempt to bring the family together with music and a banjo led him to the great guitarist Andres Segovia. Now Fisk's life parallels the late Segovia and has released a recordings featuring transcriptions of Segovia's work. Eliot Fisk's latest CD is called Segovia: Canciones Populares. It's available on the Musicmasters Label. If not available at record stores locally, call J & R Music World, at 1-800-221-8180 to order.

John Miller reports on the catholic bishop who is acting as intermediary in the Peru hostage crisis.