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NPR's Renee Montagne reports that this Monday the Supreme Court will hear a case that examines whether African-Americans are the subject of special prosecution in federal drug cases. Some argue that blacks are prosecuted in disproportionately high numbers when compared to whites.

NPR'S DAVID WELNA REPORTS FROM PORT AU PRINCE ON HAITI'S CONTINUING DIFFICULTIES AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE JUDICIARY BRANCH OF PARLIAMENT WHICH, UNTIL THIS WEEK, HAD BEEN ALL BUT NON-EXISTENT.

Mike O'Connor reports from Sarajevo that Bosnian Serb forces have surrounded the so-called safe haven of Zhepa and can take it any time. The Serbs earlier this week took another safe area, the village of Srebrenica.

NPR'S JOHN NIELSEN REPORTS THAT THE BLENDING OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE VERSIONS OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW PASSED YESTERDAY BY THE HOUSE COULD BE CRUCIAL FOR SMALL, RURAL TOWNS.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Hiroshima on the 50th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb. The city marked the occasion with a solemn ceremony. And protests against a French decision to resume nuclear testing also took place.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that the issue of abortion occupied the Senate's attention today in a rare Saturday session. At issue: whether to prevent federal employees from using their health insurance to pay for abortions.

JUST WHO IS THE AGGRESSOR IN THE WAR IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA? THE IMAGES OF THE SERBS BEING FORCED OUT OF THE KRAJINA HAVE FORCED A RE-EXAMINATION OF THE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THIS ONGOING CONFLICT. NPR'S TREVOR ROWE REPORTS FROM NEW YORK.

NPR'S JOHN BURNETT REPORTS THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME HOPE OF RELIEVING THE AGRICULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL SCOURGE OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN FIRE ANT IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES.

NPR's John Burnett reports from Dallas, where Ross Perot's loyal ollowers have gathered to hear speeches from the major presidential candidates. any at the conference see this as a crossroads in American political history

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from London on today's edication of the world's largest Hindu temple outside of India. He visited the emple and found workers scrambling to put the finishing touches on this mpressive place of worship.