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Organizers of an international womens forum near Beijing today called an emergency meeting with Chinese officials. They demanded that Chinese security forces stop harassing delegates and preventing free access to forum sites. Organizers say if offiicals don't ease up on security by noon tomorrow the forum could be ended early. NPR's Mary Kay Magstead reports from the conference.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was shot and killed today at a peace rally in Tel Aviv. Daniel talks with NPR's Linda Gradstein, who is in Jeruselem, about what happened.

WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF INTERPRETER VAL CHLEBOWSKI (shleh-BOV-skee), SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH FORMER POLISH PRIME MINISTER AND UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATOR FOR BOSNIA, TADEUSZ MAZOWIECKI ABOUT THIS WEEK'S NATO BOMBING CAMPAIGN AGAINST SERB MILITARY POSITIONS. MR. MAZAWIECKI RESIGNED HIS POST IN JULY TO PROTEST THE SERBS' CAPTURE OF THE MUSLIM ENCLAVE OF SREBRENICA, STATING THE U.N.'S FAILURE TO PROTECT ITS OWN DESIGNATED 'SAFE AREAS' MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO "CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRETENSE OF THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS."

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WIT BURTON H. THROCKMORTON, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF NEW TESTAMENT AT THE BANGOR THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND AN EDITOR OF NEW "NEW TESTAMENT AND PSALMS: AN INCLUSIVE VERSION," PUBILSHED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.

2: Novelist, PAUL AUSTER. AUSTER has been called "America's most spectacularly inventive writers." AUSTER recently "broadened his creative reach" with his work on two films, "Smoke" and "Blue in the Face", in a double collaboration with director Wayne Wang , who also directed "The Joy Luck Club." AUSTER has a BA and an MA in English and Comparative Literature from Columbus University. His novels include Moon Palace, The Music of Chance, Leviathan, and Mr. Vertigo. His film "Blue in the Face" is now out in theaters. (REBROADCAST from 6

NPR's Mara Liasson reports that even though the House and Senate have now passed balanced budget bills, there's a long way to go before the legislative process is wrapped up. President Clinton says he'll veto the republican plan unless it's changed, so a period of negotiation and compromise looms ahead.

AIRING SOME OF OUR FAVORITE SEGMENTS FROM YEARS PAST ON THE OCCASION OF OUR TENTH ANNIVERSARY. TODAY, WE PLAY A PIECE FROM 1986, A CONVERSATION WITH A CRACK COCAINE ADDICT NICKNAMED "HAWK." ALL THE PIECES WE AIR ARE SUGGESTIONS FROM LISTENERS.

Daniel talks with NPR's Pentagon Correspondent Martha Raddatz and Richard Haas, chief Middle East advisor to the White House under former President Bush about the shooting death today of Israeli Prime Minister Rabin. A right-wing group called "IN" has claimed responsibility for the shooting.

SCOTT SIMON SHARES SOME THOUGHTS AND FEARS REGARDING DETECTIVE MARK FUHRMAN AND OTHER POLICE OFFICERS.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.