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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

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.