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Mike O'Connor reports from Sarajevo that Bosnian Serb forces have surrounded the so-called safe haven of Zhepa and can take it any time. The Serbs earlier this week took another safe area, the village of Srebrenica.

a-thon - Daniel speaks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold from Dallas, where she's covering Ross Perot's political forum. Today, all the leading Republican contenders for President spoke to the gathering.

Baseball great Mickey Mantle died early this morning. Daniel talks with 'Sporting News' columnist Dave Kindred about Mantle's incredible skill as an athlete as well as about the tragedy he confronted in his life....a tragedy Mantle cautioned young people to avoid in a press conference shortly before he died.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH AUTHOR ISABEL ALLENDE ABOUT HER NEW MEMOIR "PAULA," PUBLISHED BY HARPER COLLINS.

Two days ago, baseball got faster. Major league owners instituted new rules to speed up the game. Jon Miller, the broadcasting voice of the Baltimore Orioles, talks with Danny about the speedup.

NPR'S JOHN NIELSEN REPORTS THAT THE BLENDING OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE VERSIONS OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW PASSED YESTERDAY BY THE HOUSE COULD BE CRUCIAL FOR SMALL, RURAL TOWNS.

THE DECISION TO DROP THE ATOM BOMB ENDED THE WAR, BUT OPENED ONE OF THE GREAT DEBATES OF THE CENTURY - 50 YEARS LATER, IT RAGES ON. WAS THE BOMB IMMORAL - OR WAS IT JUST NECESSARY? SCOTT SIMON WILL TRY TO RECREATED THE WORLD SURROUNDING HARRY TRUMAN AS HE MADE THAT MOST FATEFUL DECISION.

JUST WHO IS THE AGGRESSOR IN THE WAR IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA? THE IMAGES OF THE SERBS BEING FORCED OUT OF THE KRAJINA HAVE FORCED A RE-EXAMINATION OF THE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THIS ONGOING CONFLICT. NPR'S TREVOR ROWE REPORTS FROM NEW YORK.

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

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that the issue of abortion occupied the Senate's attention today in a rare Saturday session. At issue: whether to prevent federal employees from using their health insurance to pay for abortions.