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Daniel talks with Gerard Pelletier, who was Canada's Secretary of State in during the so-called "October Crisis" of 1970. Members of the Quebec Liberation Front - the F.L.Q. - kidnapped a British diplomat and Quebec's Labor Minister. The Labor Minister, Pierre LaPorte, was later murdered.

Derrick Ward of member station WAMU reports on WAshington D.C.'s preparation for the Million Man March. Public transporation schedules, police staffing, and businesses are all gearing up for a large infulx of visitors.

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The citizens of Quebec vote tomorrow on whether to secede from Canada. NPR's Jacki Lyden reports from Montreal on the last weekend of the campaign that could split Canada apart.

Danny speaks with Michael Dobbs of the Washington Post about confirmation that thousands of Bosnian Muslim men were massacred by Serbs last July when the Serb army overran the so-called safe haven of Srebrenica.

Daniel talks to Timothy O'Brien, staff writer at the Wall Street Journal about a recent article covering a computer break-in at Citicorp, one of the largest banks in the country. A 28 year old computer hacker in St. Petersburg, Russia, allegedly broke into Citicorps and transfered over 12 million dollars from corporate accounts all over the world to his own account, $400,000 of which he was able to withdraw in cash before getting caught by Citicorps and the FBI.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that scientists think they may have discovered a planet, outside our solar system, orbiting around a star, much as the earth orbits around our sun. It would be the first-ever discovery of its kind.

Host Danny Zwerdling talks with Tom McMillen, co-chair of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. McMillen says that government has created an elite sports structure in America. He says the result is too much money for superstar athletes and not enough money for the average kid. Studies indicate that obesity is a major problem for children and teenagers in America - and it's getting worse.

Storyteller Carmen Didi shares another tale of her mother's finesse - this time with the English language.

Among the speakers at today's UN meeting was Cuba's Fidel Castro. It was Castro's first appearance at the UN since 1979, and NPR's Tom Gjelten has been following him around. Tom talks with Daniel about Castro's day.