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NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from London that British Police have arrested two men in connection with the IRA bomb attack ten days ago in East London. And, today, the Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for a second bombing in London last night that killed one person and destroyed a bus.

- Diplomats at the United Nations say they worry that Africa is once again becoming the forgotten continent. NPR's Trevor Rowe reports that conflicts such as that in Burundi are getting minimal attention as the world's powers express growing impatience for becoming embroiled in struggles among African peoples.

WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL REVIEWS "THE DREW CAREY SHOW," AN ABC SITCOM.

3:Singer/songwriter/guitarist DENNIS BRENNAN. His new album is "Jack-In-The-Pulpit" (Upstart Records). BRENNAN names Barry & the Remains, Howlin' Wold, Buck Owens, Otis Redding, and the Stones as his influences. BRENNAN is from Boston and a review in The Boston Globe calls him "one of the city's foremost melodic-rock songwriters. He has a raw survivor's voice, but he delves under the skin like Elvis costello. . .then rocks with the populist abandon of Bruce Springsteen and the Stones."

One of America's grestest and most prolific composers died last night. Reporter Dean Olsher interviewed him just a few months ago and offers an appreciation.

columnist with the Wilmington News Journal, about this Saturday's state presidential primary, the first-ever for Delaware. The campaign there has not generated much media or candidate attention. Only two candidates have campaigned in Delaware so far.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on the decision by the Navy to ground all F-14 fighter planes for the next three days. An F-14 Tomcat crashed in the Persian Gulf near the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz today. There were no fatalities in the crash today, but seven people died in two other F-14 crashes in recent weeks.

Richard Holbrooke to rescue the Dayton Accord. The Bosnian Serbs' refuse to negotiate with IFOR over the detention by the Bosnian government of four of their senior Serb army officers for alleged war crimes.

Tonight in Iowa results of the long-awaited GOP caucus will be announced. Robert talks with Hugh Weinbrenner, professor of public administration at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa about what the Iowa cuacus is all about. Professor Weinbrenner explains what happens at a caucus and why they exist.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Pastor Michael Grady in El Paso, Texas, and Dion Green in Dayton, Ohio, about the weekend in 2019 in which mass shootings in each city upended their communities.