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- NPR's Phillip Davis reports from London that a bomb has exploded in Manchester, England today (Saturday) injuring about 200 people. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing, but British Prime Minister John Major blames the Irish Repubican Army.

- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu retired today as Archbishop of the Anglican Church in South Africa. For the record, we play an excerpt from a sermon Tutu gave at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., in December, 1984.

- Daniel talks with David Tuller about his book, "Cracks in the Iron Closet: Travels in Gay and Lesbian Russia" (Faber & Faber) which looks at the life of homosexuals in Russia. Tuller says although Russian society is more tolerant of homosexuals in some aspects, it is still far from embracing homosexual lifestyles. Gay bashing is still prevalent and police often turn a blind eye to crimes against homosexuals.

Commentator Leslie Lang describes the charming tradition in Hawaii of draping graduating seniors in stacks of colorful leis, one on top of another, and how she had three near misses in terms experiencing this tradition at her graduations... until finally getting it right, this year, at the University of Hawaii.

NPR's Peter Overby reports that a ruling today by the Supreme Court appeared to open the way for a whole new category of campaign spending by political parties on congressional campaigns. The court said the Federal Election Commission was wrong when it cited the Colorado Republican Party for exceeding federal spending limits after it spent $15,000 on radio ads in 1986 against a Democratic Senate candidate. Such expenditures, as long as they are made independently of a particular candidate's campaign, should not be limited, the court said.

Linda talks with U-S Capt. Hector Jamili (HA-mee-lee), a civil engineer stationed at the military complex outside Dhahran (DAH

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports that the Supreme Court today ruled that medical device makers can be sued in state court even if their products have federal approval. The ruling could open the gate to a stream of liability cases. Medical device makers had claimed that compliance with federal laws and regulations protected them from product liability cases in state courts.

Noah and Linda read from listeners' letters. They'll include comments on the Israeli and Russian elections, the Olympic torch run, and childcare in casinos. (To send letters to All Things Considered, mail to All Things Considered Letters, c/o NPR News, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, DC, 20009...or via e-mail at ATC at NPR dot COM.)

NPR's Sunni Khalid reports that Palestinians have mixed feelings about the apparent victory of Benjamin Netanyahu (net-ahn-YAH-hoo). Some say that Israelis have voted against peace, while others believe that a Likud government may not be so bad after all.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the verdict in the Whitewater trial has cast a shadow over President Clinton, who just a week ago was far ahead of Dole in the polls. Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 6. CHINA DISSIDENT -- Noah talks with Mike Jendrzejczyk (jenn-DREEZ-sick), the Washington Director of Human Rights Watch-Asia. Chinese police have detained dissident Wang Donghai (WAHNG dong-HY) after he and six other activists petitioned the National People's Congress on May 27th, demanding the release of political prisoners. Mr. Jendrzejczyk believes that paranoia in the Chinese government toward the democracy movement has increased in recent months as economic reforms have triggered more unrest. This recent round of arrests comes one week before the anniversary of the military crackdown that ended pro- democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4th, 1989.