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Lynne Terry reports that in advance his visit to the United States, French President Jacques Chirac called an early end to his government's controversial series of underground nuclear tests in the South Pacific. Saying that the tests guarantee a "viable and modern defense," he announced that the sixth test would be the last.

with television industry officials. In his State of the Union address, the president proposed a conference for the TV industry to explore ways in which it could improve the kinds of programming children are exposed to.

of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, about the best ways to clear away all the snow.

about the reasons behind the President's trip to Bosnia today. They also discuss the historical precedents for chiefs of staff going abroad to visit the troops.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with Alex Crosby, a medical epidemiologist at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, and author of a new report on suicide and the elderly. After many years of declining rates of suicide among persons 65 and older, the rates have started to increase.

In our ongoing series of stump speeches delivered by the Presidential candidates, we hear an excerpt from an address by Alan Keyes.

Open Tennis Tournament, which concluded over the weekend. Boris Becker won the Men's competition, and Monica Seles the Women's. It was Becker's first win in a Grand Slam event since 1991, and Seles' first since she was stabbed three years ago.

(host copy) Poet Joseph Brodsky died today. The Russian exile, who lived in New York, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987. He went on to become the U.S. Poet Laureate. We'll hear Brodsky read his poem, "Bosnia Tune."

Excerpts from today's funeral at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, in Paris.

Robert Siegel speaks with Stanley Hoffman, a professor of the civilization of France at Harvard University, about the late Francois Mitterrand. Mr. Hoffman discusses Mitterrand's efforts toward European integration and his gradual move from the right to the left.