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2: Actor and singer HARRY BELAFONTE. He stars in the new movie "White Man's Burden" with John Travolta. Belafonte was born in Harlem and raised in the hills of Jamaica where he absorbed the song and music of the island life around him. BELAFONTE's first love was theater, but he wasn't convinced that popular singing would take him as far emotionally as Shakespeare did. By embracing the calypso music of his childhood he introduced it to America. This week, he performs his first public concert in New York City in over thirty years. (Originally aired 9

Jacki talks with this unusual group of musicians who, more than anything else, resemble a travelling troupe of medieval balladeers. Big Blow and the Bushwackers, as they're called, isn't a group restricted to the normal collection of musical instruments rather they draw on anything that makes sound - be it trash or their own bodies. The Bushwackers love to perform live but they have made it into a studio to produce a couple of cd's on Wedgie Records. Their latest studio effort is called "Habagoola" and is available by calling 1-800- 394-1140.

Regina Sansalone reports from Rome on the trial of Italy's former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, and his alleged links to the Mafia. Tommaso Buscetta, the mafia informer whose testimony has implicated more than 300 mafia figures, said in court today that he knew of Adreotti's links to the mob more than 10 years ago.

about former Polish President Lech Walesa's decision to go back to his old job as an electrician at the Gdansk shipyard after he lost last month's election

of the south the rise of the Republican party.

From northern Bosnia, NPR's Martha Raddatz reports from one of the United States Army base camps. This camp and others like it will be home for the 20-thousand U.S. soldiers who are part of the NATO implementation force. They'll be responsible for patrolling the 200-mile long border between the Muslim-Croat Federation and the Bosnian Serbs.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on how other cities and states have dealt with the problem New York City is currently dealing with: reforming the way child welfare is directed.

but he doubts there's the political will in the White House to do so, which might explain why Mr. Clinton's party lost the votes of workers in the 1994 congressional elections.

and former colleague -- Mike Synar, who died Tuesday of brain cancer. They both served in the House of Representatives, and Edwards believes the American people had in Synar a good example of public service.

about his attempt to see a mine-shaft reportedly used by the Bosnian Serbs to hide the bodies of massacre victims.