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

Linda talks with Joe Mahood (MAY-hood), chair of the science department at Aragon High School in San Mateo, California, about the ideas being discussed at the education summit in New York.

The BBC's Richard Downs attended a meeting at which the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, met with Zulu leaders to try to find a way to bring about peace in their part of the country. One hundred people a month are dying of poltiical violence - disputes between Zulus and member sof Mandela's African National Congress.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the growing list of weapons proliferation violations by China. The U.S. may be required to slap sanctions on China for selling banned weaponry to Pakistan and Iran, which would increase already heightened tensions with China.

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

SCOTT TALKS WITH SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT ABOUT THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS.

Daniel speaks with Andy Sirwar, Senior Writer at Fortune Magazine and Dan Hammermesh, Economics Professor at the University of Texas about what 30 million dollars can buy these days. That is the amount that former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes spent on his campaign before dropping out this week.

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police officers and firefighters to increase their representation and rank on the city's police and fire departments. While some black and Hispanic applicants have been hired, they remain a disproportonately small percentage of hires and promotions in both departments. Minority officers have sued the city, arguing that the examinations for promotion discriminate against minority applicants.