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JULIE BURSTEIN REPORTS ON THE CLOSING OF BETHLEHEM STEEL'S FLAGSHIP PLANT.... WHICH - FOR NEARLY 150 YEARS - HAS PROVIDED THE MATERIALS USED TO BUILD MUCH OF AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE.

TOVIA SMITH REPORTS ON A SCHOOL IN BOSTON THAT MUST IMPROVISE THE WRITTEN FORM OF A LANGUAGE--CAPE VERDEAN-- THAT HAS NO REAL ALPHABET, BECAUSE OF STRINGENT BILINGUAL EDUCATION LAWS IN THE STATE.

NPR White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports n progress made at the bi-partisian "work-session" on Welfare Reform hat took place yesterday in Washington, D.C.

FROM MEXICO CITY, NPR'S DAVID WELNA REPORTS ON CONTINUING MEASURES BEING TAKEN BY MEXICO TO REPAIR IT'S SAGGING ECONOMY AND HOW IT IS AFFECTING THE MEXICAN PEOPLE.

Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion groups agree on something? Conservatives and environmentalists pursuing a common cause? NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that surprising coalitions are popping up in the new political landscape.

Joe speaks with reporter David Marcus in Bogota about the deteriorating relationship between the U-S and Colombia. Washington is frustrated with what it sees as inadequate attempts by Colombian authorities to crack down on drug trafficking.

NPR'S MICHAEL SKOLER REPORTS THAT THE ETHNIC FEARS THAT HAVE LEFT RWANDA VIRTUALLY DESTROYED BY WAR AND GENOCIDE ARE NOW BEGINNING TO PARALYZE ITS SOUTHERN NEIGHBOR...BURUNDI.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Tokyo the Japanese police continue to raid a religious cult and find evidence of the cult being involved in this past week's chemical gas attack on the Tokyo subway.

NPR's Ann Garrels reports from Moscow that four years after the failed coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, Russians are disillusioned, and it turns out that rebuilding a cathedral is easier than building democracy.

The United Nations and NATO have given the Bosnian Serbs a Monday deadline for pulling their heavy weapons back from Sarajevo or face renewed military attacks. NPR's John Nielsen reports.