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Robert speaks with Ian Lesser, an expert on Greek-Turkish relations at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, California. Lesser explains the events leading up to the current tensions between Greece and Turkey over another disputed island -- in addition to Cyprus -- and the wider ramifications for security in the eastern Mediterranean.

NPR's Michael Skoler reports that as the first southern African nation to go from white minority rule to black majority rule, Zimbabwe could be a model for South Africa in the areas of political and social reform. In the area of land reform, Zimbabwe's policy has been to placate the former rulers: the government has left most of the country's good land in the hands of the small white minority.

and ways in which some in Congress intend to address the problem. But while advocates of reform try to build support, some of the nations most powerful interest groups threaten the movement.

Commentator Ellen Ullman talks about the fear of becoming obsolete in the computer industry - an industry which changes at an incredibly rapid rate.

plans to withdraw its diplomats from Sudan. Sudan is upset with the U.S. decision, denying U.S. allegations that it can't protect U.S. personnel from terrorist threats.

that their party's anti-regulatory position on environmental issues is going to cost them dearly in this year's elections. Major revisions in the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and other environmental protection laws have been a top legislative priority for the new Republican majority.

of a bill to overhaul the nation's telecommunications law. The overwhelming votes in the House and Senate came after months of lobbying and after Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole gave up his opposition.

President Clinton today announced a bi-partisan campaign to reduce teen pregnancies in the U.S. He named Dr. Henry Foster, his failed nominee for surgeon general, to head the campaign. We'll hear some of President Clinton's statement, in which he calls for an end to "children having children."

The Navy is suspending flights by a fighter squadron, following the crash of one of its F-14 jets in a Nashville Tennessee suburb. Five people died in the accident, including the two fliers aboard the plane. NPR's Martha Raddatz looks at what investigators have determined about the cause.

France's President Jacques Chirac on a state visit to Washington addressed a joint session of Congress and got his loudest applause when he spoke of his decision just this week to cease his nation's nuclear testing. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.