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Robert talks to the Washington Post's Jim Rupert, who is in Kiev, about the fires near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The plant is the site of the world's worst nuclear accident that occured 10 years ago. Officials fear the fires may carry radioactive particles into the air that could be spread beyond the 18-mile exclusion zone around the plant.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports on President Clinton's visit to the graves of bombing victims in Israel. During his stay, the President promised $100 million in assistance to combat terrorism, and lent his moral support to both Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat.

Commentator Genevieve (Jenna-veeve) Ginsburg on aging and how all conversations seem to turn to physical ailments.

Commentator Marion Winik tells of the terror of losing her kids in the grocery store.

Commentator Alan Cheuse reviews a new novel about life in a Chicago home for the mentally ill. It's called Life in teh Rainbow by Richard Horan. (Steerforth Press)

Shoko Asahara, the leader of Japan's doomsday sect Aum Shin Rikyu, goes on trial tomorrow on murder charges for the nerve gas attacks on Tokyo's subways last year. As NPR's Julie McCarthy reports, the attacks have shattered the image of Tokyo as a peaceful place and cast doubts on the abilities of the city's world-renowned police department.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports that the White House releases a report today that says despite reports of anxiety about job losses, the pace of layoffs has not increased in recent years. The report also found that workers who lose their jobs are not having a harder time finding new ones.

Supreme Court today. The case involves a woman who is suing the manufacturer of her pacemaker, which failed. Manufacturers claim that Congress gave them blanket immunity from such lawsuits 20 years ago. They point to the federal law enacted in 1976 in response to injuries from the Dalkon Shield, an intrauterine birth control device.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that the Clinton administration admitted for the first time today that it looked the other way in 1994 when Iran clandestinely shipped arms to Bosnia in violation of the United Nations arms embargo. Undersecretary of State Peter Tarnoff told a House panel that Congress should have known about the shipments because the information was available in daily intelligence reports.