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Michael Goldfarb is usually based in London where he covers British life and politics for NPR. So we took advantage of his tenure here in Washington, D.C. to help us understand that most British of games: cricket. Michael managed to find a cricket match on a field (the "wicket") near the Jefferson Memorial and, in this piece, he tells us what the game is all about.

Daniel speaks with George Hawatmeh, editor of the Jordan Times newspaper, about a press conference held today by General Hussein Kamel al-Majid, former right hand man to Saddam Hussein, who defected this week to Jordan. Hussein Kamel today called for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, who is his father-in-law.

Daniel talks with Jovan Zamatitsa, adviser to Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karajich, from Pale, capital of the self-declared Bosnian Serb republic. Zamatitsa denies Bosnian Serb troops have raped or murdered refugees from Srebrenica, and he says Muslims from that town left voluntarily.

Mike O'Connor reports from Sarajevo that Bosnian Serb forces have surrounded the so-called safe haven of Zhepa and can take it any time. The Serbs earlier this week took another safe area, the village of Srebrenica.

a-thon - Daniel speaks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold from Dallas, where she's covering Ross Perot's political forum. Today, all the leading Republican contenders for President spoke to the gathering.

Baseball great Mickey Mantle died early this morning. Daniel talks with 'Sporting News' columnist Dave Kindred about Mantle's incredible skill as an athlete as well as about the tragedy he confronted in his life....a tragedy Mantle cautioned young people to avoid in a press conference shortly before he died.

Two days ago, baseball got faster. Major league owners instituted new rules to speed up the game. Jon Miller, the broadcasting voice of the Baltimore Orioles, talks with Danny about the speedup.

Danny talks to Hiroko Harris, a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing. She was 13 when the bomb fell. She later came to the US for medical treatment, and evenutally married a Baltimore cab driver. She now lives in a small town outside Hiroshima.

Daniel reads letters from listeners.

Daniel talks with New York times Correspondent David Sager who is in Hanoi, North Vietnam. U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher travelled to Hanoi to open the American Embassy there. It's the first time an American Secretary of State has set foot in Hanoi.