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AS THE FOURTH U.N.'S WOMEN'S CONFERENCE CONCLUDED, NPR'S JULIE McCARTHY REPORTS FROM BEIJING ON WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT THE RESULTING DRAFTED DOCUMENTS MEAN.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

SIMON/CIRCUS: ACCIDENTS AND MISHAPS HAVE BEEN PLAGUING THE CLYDE BEATTY COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS, AND SCOTT SIMON TALKS, WITH THE HELP OF HIS TRANSLATOR PAPA PETROV, TO MEROSLAV PAMOUKOV (pah-MOO-kov), A BULGARIAN ACROBAT AND MEMBER OF THE PETROV TROUPE, WHO FELL 40 FEET FROM THE RUSSIAN SWING AND LANDED ON HIS HEAD.

Correspondent for The New York Times ROGER COHEN who is covering the war in Bosnia. He'll discuss the recent offensive by Bosnian Muslims and Croats around Banja Luka in northwestern Bosnia, and he'll talk about the history of Serbs, and the betrayal many Serbs feel by Serbian nationals. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Steve Inskeep of member station WBGO reports on the world chess championship being played atop the World Trade Center in New York City. The games feature long-time champion Garry Kasparov (kah-SPAHR-off) of Russia and Viswanathan Anand (VEESH-wanuh-thun uh-NAHnd) of India.

IN LIGHT OF ACTS COMMITTED AND DOCUMENTED BY THE LIKES OF SENATOR ROBERT PACKOOD, DETECTIVE MARK FUHRMAN AND RICHARD NIXON, SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH JERROLD POST, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY AND POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY - SPECIALIZING IN THE STUDY OF PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOR IN WORLD LEADERS - AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND ASKS THE QUESTION...WHY WOULD SOMEONE KNOWINGLY CREATE A RECORD OF HIS OWN INDISCRETIONS?

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR ANALYSES THE BOSNIAN AGREEMENT WITH DR. DANIEL N. NELSON, PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, WHO HAS JUST RETURNED FROM BOSNIA, AND MARSHALL HARRIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ACTION COUNCIL FOR PEACE IN THE BALKANS AND FORMER BOSNIA SPECIALIST IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT.

This past week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow Alaska to export oil for the first time since the energy crisis of the mid-1970's. The Senate previously passed the measure, and President Clinton says he'll sign it. This all got us to thinking about how far the country has or hasn't come since the energy crisis, and Danny talks to oil expert Daniel Yergin for some answers.

Daniel talks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli, who's in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, about the latest development in the long Bosnian war. Serb forces have pulled back from the Muslim enclave of Bihac after Croatia's army threatened the Croatian Serb stronghold of Krajina.