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NPR's Mark Roberts reports on this week's pre-trial hearings for the upcoming trial of Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh and Terry Nichols are charged in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City in April 1995, which killed 168 people. The judge denied a defense request to have key eyewitness testimony excluded from the trial. The judge also heard prosecutors claim that explosive residue on Timothy McVeigh's clothing connect him to the crime.

Linda talks with James Steinberg, President Clinton's Deputy National Security Advisor, about the upcoming summit between Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin. Despite Russia's opposition to NATO expansion in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics, Steinberg says NATO is moving forward regardless, and the summit is an opportunity to build on that inevitability and strengthen cooperation between Russia and the US. He says Russia should have an increasing role in European mil itary and economic security, and that it's very much in Russia's best interests for democracy to succeed in many of these former Communist countries.

the 35-year tradition of flying the Confederate flag over the state's capitol building. The governor's plan faces opposition from many state senators, who killed a similar plan two years ago. And in a recent poll, 52-percent of South Carolinians favor keeping the flag.

- Palestinians rioted against Israeli troops in the West Bank for the third straight day to protest Israel's plans to build a new Jewish settlement in Arab East Jerusalem. The demonstrations, in which more than 100 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire, come only one day after a Palestinian suicide bombing killed three Israelis in Tel Aviv, and Laurie Neff reports that Islamic militants are warning of more bombings unless the Israelis stop construction of the controversial Jerusalem settlement.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will meet today with members of the United Nations Security Council, to argue against the Israeli government decision to build thousands of new homes in Arab East Jerusalem. The U.N.'s role in the dispute is expected to be minimal, but they'll discuss Israel's actions today.

Opera latecomer Vivica Genaux builds a reputation by singing music originally performed by castrated men. The New York Times names her solo debut CD — composed of the "greatest hits" of famed 18th-century castrato Carlo Broschi — one the year's best vocal recordings. David D'Arcy profiles Genaux.

Suspected suicide bombers rammed explosive-packed vehicles into the local government building in Grozny, Chechnya, killing at least 46 people. No one claims responsibility, but Chechen rebels are fighting for independence from Russia. NPR’s Robert Siegel talks with David Filipov, the Boston Globe’s Moscow correspondent.

A federal appeals court reinstates a ban on building new logging roads in some national forests. The Clinton administration imposed the barriers; an Idaho judge briefly rejected them. Environmentalists cheer a ruling that displeases timber interests. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says North Korean envoys told him Saturday that the isolated nation "has no intentions of building nuclear weapons." But in the past two days, North Korea has abandoned a global nuclear treaty and hinted it will resume ballistic missile tests. NPR News reports.

Construction on the "NAFTA Superhighway," which would link Canada and Mexico, is slow to start. With rising budget deficits, it is unclear whether federal and state governments will find the $8 billion needed to build Interstate 69, which would run through eight states from Michigan to Texas. NPR's Greg Allen reports.