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President Clinton leaves tomorrow to visit Moscow and to meet with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Daniel talks to NPR's Ann Garrels about the mood of the Russian people and the state of Russian politics. Russians find that the security of their lives under the Soviet system is gone and they are facing an uncertain future. She says that although Yeltsin is not popular, there are no political alternatives to his leadership.

The United Nations is reporting that perhaps as many as four thousand Rwandans have been killed at a refugee camp. Daniel talks with New York Times reporter Donatella Lorch who was at the Kibeho refugee camp when the Rwandan Army started shooting into a crowd of stampeding refugees.

Daniel speaks with NPR's Andy Bowers about today's presidential elections in France. Conservative Paris mayor Jacques Chirac defeated socialist candidate Lionel Jospin by a clear margin in this second round of French balloting.

Daniel talks to Buck Revell, a former FBI official, about the process by which suspects are apprehended. Although much of the nation was surprised by the speed with which Timothy McVeigh was apprehended, Revell says he is not surprised. There are computer networks that track information on explosions, terrorists, vehicles, and criminals which can be utilized quickly to find suspects.

Daniel talks with NPR's Martha Raddatz who will update us on the investigation surrounding the bombing of a federal office building in Oklahoma City.

Daniel talks with researcher Ferris Harvey who co-authored a labor department report on child labor in India and Pakistan. This past week, a 12 year old boy who was a vocal opponent to child labor in Pakistan, was murdered. Harvey says millions of children from Bangladesh to Brazil are forced to make many of the products, such as find rugs and carpets, that Americans have come to cherish. And though it's unclear who killed the young Iqbal Masih, Harvey says murders of child labor opponents or agitators aren't uncommon in many parts of the world.

Joyce Russell of member station W-O-I reports on programs that are trying to save the institution of the family farm by linking retiring farmers with young people who want to farm. Some programs find creative financing for the purcahse of small farms, others help new farmers find mentors in experienced farmers who don't want a full-time farm anymore but want to keep in contact with their land.

Daniel talks to musician Pierre Bensusan, who was born in Algeria but grew up in Paris. Bensusan says that he needs to work on relaxing his right hand to improve his playing. His latest CD is "Wu-Wei," on Rounder Records.

Daniel talks to David Haerle, president of CMH Music and producer of the CD "Doggone Country: All Time Favorite Songs about Dogs." He says that there are not enough country songs about cats to produce a companion CD.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the legacy of the superpower "proxy" war in Afganistan. During the 1980's Afganistan's Mujahadeen captured world attention with it's ragtag resistence to the Soviet invasion. For the past three years the Mujahadeen have been fighting each other.