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Ron Taylor, the headmaster of the Dublane elementary school where a gunman opened fire yesterday, speaks to the news media for the first time since the incident. He tells how unprepared he was for the carnage, and how the school and the community will survive.

Daniel speaks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold about what Bob Dole stands for and how his stand on issues has changed throughout his career. Arnold says that Dole has always been a fiscal conservative but that beyond that issue, he sees his role more as an effective legislature than as a political visionary.

Jyl Hoyt recently visited Peru, and prepared this piece about efforts there to legalize the coca leaf. Coca, which produces the base substance of cocaine, is banned by the United Nations. Farmers in Peru argue that the leaf itself is no more addictive than a couple of cups of coffee. They say they ought to be able to use the leaf in products like tea or toothpaste, and if coca were legalized, they would no longer have to sell the leaf illegally to drug dealers.

about President Clinton's efforts to revive peace negotiations in Northern Ireland and in the Middle East. Today the President meets with Ireland's Prime Minister John Bruton. President Clinton just returned from a two-day trip to Egypt and Israel.

Commentator David Cole, a professor at Georgetown University Law School, says the House of Representatives did the right thing in removing many of the more controversial provisions in the anti-terrorism bill. He says the bill that passed isn't perfect, but its a big improvement on the invasive bill that was first proposed.

JENNIFER LUDDEN REPORTS FROM BURKINA FASO THAT THE DEVASTATING DISEASE...RIVER BLINDNESS HAS ALMOST BEEN WIPED OUT.

spokesman for Catholic Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Nebraska, about the Bishop's plan to excommunicate church members who belong to abortions rights and right-to-die groups like Planned Parenthood and the Hemlock Society.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews a new reissue of Anthony Davis''s "Episteme" (Gramavision).

MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "Kraven Images" (BridgeWorks Books) by Alan Isler.REV. 2:TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews last night''s Academy Awards.

Music critic Tom Manoff reviews Das Jahr (DAHS YAHR) a